The carrier started charging for checked bags and introduced assigned seating earlier this year in a bid to boost revenue.

Southwest Airlines reported an unexpected third-quarter profit, and forecast record sales in the current quarter.

Analysts expect Southwest Airlines to report an earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.02. Southwest Airlines bulls will hope to ...

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Southwest said it paid an average of $2.33/gal for fuel in the recently ended quarter. That rose to $2.40/gal after it added 7cts/gal in costs from an earlier decision to unwind its fuel hedges.

Southwest Airlines has prided itself on being a convenient, budget-friendly airline for customers, though some recent initiatives have challenged that reputation. Southwest's latest partnership should ...