How Southwest Is Using Software to Increase On-the-Ground Safety. The airline’s entire fleet is being fitted with Honeywell tech that can issue warnings to pilots to prevent incidents on the tarmac.

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 ...

FILE - Luggage is finished being loaded onto a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 airplane at Baltimore - Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on June 26, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.

DALLAS — In a move aimed at preventing the kinds of runway close calls that have made headlines in recent years, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is installing new cockpit alert technology across ...

Southwest Airlines on Monday said it has added cockpit safety alerts to nearly its entire fleet of 800 aircraft. The safety alert system, designed by Honeywell, sets off verbal and text warnings ...

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Honeywell and Southwest Airlines have partnered to increase runway safety by activating Honeywell's SmartRunway and SmartLanding software on Southwest's entire Boeing 737 fleet.

Southwest Airlines is staying at Dallas Love Field through at least 2040. On Wednesday, the City Council cleared the way for a 12-year extension for the Dallas-based carrier, which ensures it will ...