Southwest Looks at Used Planes
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ramper_in_las
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yes but there is allot of 737-800's i.e. TZ
WN's to cheap to put the -800 in it's fleet. They would have to put another FA on it.
The extra F/A is not the problem. The way WN operates now if a -770 has a mechanical you can put a -300 on it and still take all of the passengers that the -700 was supposed to carry. If -800 would have a mechanical and you put a -700 on it you would still leave close to 50 passengers behind. So basically that would mean only a -800 could cover a broken -800 and doing that would cause WN to lose some of their efficiency
coolflyingfool
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I would love to see at least 20 more planes come in to the fleet. The expansion would be awesome. The need for new and additional nonstop service is pretty good right now for SWA. IF SWA were to go with more than 20, I could see a new city or 2 come online. What is EASYJET's replacement schedule looking like? They have almost 40 -700s to get rid of. With each of the 6 cities mentioned by Kelly there are so many possibilities. DEN to SEA/PDX/OAK/SAN -- LAS to FLL/DTW/JAX/RSW -- RDU to LAX/STL/HOU -- RNO to HOU/MCO/STL/MCI/BWI -- MDW to ONT/BUR/JAX/GEG/TUL/OKC -- MSY to LAX/SAN/MCI/STL/DEN and so many more.............
ramper_in_las
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I know we all want to see expansion. Its great for our profit sharing. At this point I think that in LAS anymore expansion is going to be at the expense of our customers. Corporate needs to take a step back and let us catch our breath here in LAS. Our facilities are already busting at the seems. There are plans in the works to expand our facilities but we need to catch up with demand. Rumour is LAS may expand up to 50 flights by the end of the year and at this point we have a hard enough time keeping our current demand in check as it is.
coolflyingfool
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Hey RAMPER - LAS will NOT expand by even 12 more flights this year. SWA does not have the a/c in line to do that. If I had a penny for every rumor I heard, I'd be retired by a few years. Rampers and Pilots do come up with the best rumors though.
ramper_in_las
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I sure hope so. That rumour has been flying around for a while. We are expanding into the Bravo gates in LAS is why the rumour made sense.
