Southwest adds cockpit safety alerts across nearly entire fleet of 800 planes By . Taylor Herzlich. Published June 16, 2025, 12:59 p.m. ET.

Southwest Airlines is outfitting its Boeing 737 fleet with new Honeywell software called "SmartRunway SmartLanding" that alerts pilots to runway risks, aiming to prevent disaster before it happens.

Southwest Airlines has added a new cockpit safety tool to most of its fleet that could prevent the types of close runway calls that have raised concerns in recent years. The Honeywell-built ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Southwest Airlines announced Monday that it has equipped nearly its entire fleet of 800 airplanes with new cockpit safety alerts designed by Honeywell.