The idea sounds simple and great. Pay a small fee to automatically check in for your Southwest flight in advance, avoid the 24-hour rush, and (probably) get a better boarding number. Plus, if your ...

— -- Families traveling with small children will no longer get to jump to the front of the boarding line at Southwest Airlines. The airline, which carries more than one in three Phoenix ...

DALLAS (AP) — Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, ...

UN aviation officials plan to replace boarding passes and flight check-in with a digital "journey pass" Passengers could travel using just their phone and face for verification within 2–3 years ...

DALLAS - Southwest Airlines today started a service that allows some passengers to print their own boarding passes via the Internet before heading to the airport. Southwest joins airlines such as ...