There's a growing volume of online chatter about the next big airline merger that's likely to be proposed, and much of it involves Southwest Airlines.

Amid flight reductions, Southwest executives say the carrier remains committed to Denver hub for the long-haul.

Southwest also has embarked on a three-year plan to evolve its offerings, including introducing assigned seating—another first for the carrier—and the creation of an extended legroom product, both of which are designed to bolster the carrier’s revenue.

Southwest Airlines said it will slash 15% of its corporate workforce -- the first mass layoffs in the company's decades-long history -- as the airline looks to cut costs.

Southwest Airlines Co. will cut about 1,750 jobs in its leadership ranks, a dramatic step to reduce expenses that mark the carrier’s first layoffs.

Southwest Airlines plans to cut 1,750 jobs or 15 percent of its corporate workforce, in the US carrier's first company-wide layoffs in its 54-year history. The Dallas-based airline said Monday that the job cuts would be focused almost entirely on “corporate overhead and leadership positions,