SWA and the B717

[Wingman10]

Has SWA officially announced what they are going to do with the B717's
that are coming from Airtran?

Just wondering.....

 

[NuGuy]

Rumor is that they are all sold to Delta.

Nu

 

[Saluki Dawg]

Bad rumor. Not true.

 

[Whataburger]

Dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

 

[SKC]

.......dal-lbb.

Nice.

 

[Lear70]

dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

LoL! like the man said,,, nice.

 

[ERfly]

Dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

This made me laugh....hard!

 

[Jetjockey]

Dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

And that's in one day by a single crew!

 

[stall022]

As of now they will be kept and configured to 122 seats with a base in ATL and probably either DAL or OAK.

It would cost Southwest millions to return the airplanes and a loss of good will with Boeing.

 

[chase]

No formal or informal announcement, only speculation.

With 86 717 and 25 -500s, both seating 122, SWA now has 100 smaller aircraft to deploy to different regions of the country that can fly optimized city pairings that make more sense for 717/-500 aircraft.

Obvious city pairings in TX from HOU and DAL.

From MDW, you have IND, CMH, DAY, OMA and more

From OAK you have RNO, PDX, ONT, LAX, BUR

From BWI you have MHT, PVD, ORF, RDU, BDL, SDF, RIC

ATL has the majority of those city pairings now and whether we keep all of those cities will be interesting to see but expect to add CHS and GSP to that list also.

MCO and PHX has some natural combinations also. Would expect some cities to not see too many if any of the smaller aircraft but the nice thing is there are now options available to optimize the schedule for different aircraft size.

 

[Whataburger]

And that's in one day by a single crew!

Wrong. Plane change in lbb to the heavy (737). Fly lbb-abq-las-bur-smf-pdx-sea-rno-boi-oma-mdw-dtw-buf-isp-bwi-orf-jax-rsw-mco-tpa-ecp-bmh-msy-hou-crp-hrl-hou.....swap back into a 717....hou-dal-hou-dal.

It was a turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:

 

[Whataburger]

Nice.

Thanx!! keepin' it real for the Gene-real.

 

[chase]

whataburger,

Revenue management at its best!!!

 

[Bigoober]

Wrong. Plane change in lbb to the heavy (737). Fly lbb-abq-las-bur-smf-pdx-sea-rno-boi-oma-mdw-dtw-buf-isp-bwi-orf-jax-rsw-mco-tpa-ecp-bmh-msy-hou-crp-hrl-hou.....swap back into a 717....hou-dal-hou-dal.

It was a turn!!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:

Are you sure about that? I thought you had to overnight in LBB. There is no way this day ends in DAL!

 

[GuppyWN]

Betcha a steak dinner a fair number will be California shuttle......... after the fence comes down that is.

Gup

 

[johnsonrod]

Dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-hou-dal-lbb.

Welcome to SWA multiple leg days......right General????

 

[carl p]

Betcha a steak dinner a fair number will be California shuttle......... after the fence comes down that is.

Gup

That would make me Daffy Duck through the training academy! Sure hope your right!

 

[texman]

The 717 and crews of AT will come to swa......................................!

 

[Flying the Line]

You might see them in Denver but I have three steak dinners that say you will not see them in California.

 

[easydoesit]

I was told at the round up that at date of signing, SWA will announce they are getting roughly 30 more 717's that are now parked in Mexico and elsewhere. This came from 3 different SWAPA dudes.