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Southwest hopes new planes will help profitability

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DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. expects to take delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 next March and get 25 of the new, larger planes next year to help boost its financial results. Southwest chief financial officer Laura Wright said Wednesday that the company expects to eventually own 100 of the 737-800s. Since they hold more passengers and burn less fuel per passenger than the 737s they will replace, Wright said they should help the airline both increase revenue and control costs. The company… (www.forbes.com) Más...

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tyketto
Brad Littlejohn 0
The only thing that the article doesn't mention is that if the -800s coming in are the new ones that SWA ordered, or the ones they are getting from purchasing TRS. And I still wonder if the -800s are going to be ETOPs compliant. If so, that opens up a lot of other destinations SWA could consider..

BTW.. are we related? ;)
concord977
concord977 0
We could be!

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