Southwest Will Add More Passengers to Planes as Coronavirus Transmission Fears Wane

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) CEO Gary Kelly announced on Thursday that the company would begin selling middle seats again beginning Dec. 1. The company, along with a handful of other airlines, had blocked sales of certain seats in order to promote social distancing due to the pandemic and slow the spread of the coronavirus during air travel.

"This practice of effectively keeping middle seats open bridged us from the early days of the pandemic, when we had little knowledge about the behavior of the virus, to now," Kelly said. "Today, aligned with science-based findings from trusted medical and aviation organizations, we will resume selling all available seats for travel beginning Dec. 1, 2020."

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