SWA and the B717

[Ty Webb]

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

I'll take that bet. . . . . . And I doubt they'll be very useful out of Denver in the summer, unless they have the higher-rated engines or aren't going far.

 

[texman]

They will come to cali. Just wait for the six leg day baby!

 

[Flying the Line]

I'll take that bet. . . . . . And I doubt they'll be very useful out of Denver in the summer, unless they have the higher-rated engines or aren't going far.

I could see Witchita and Des Moines flight on 717 to Denver and Chicago.

As far as California, there are very rarely any 500's flying there, maybe a couple a day. The combined number of flights is way over 400 a day, probably closer to 500, so how many 717's would be there. When the rolling swaps start it won't do any good when the next arrival is a 717.

I could be wrong and would be the first to admit it but they are much more likely to stay between MCO, ATL, BWI, and MDW, in my opinion.

 

[TV9Driver]

I'm guessing ATL, MDW, and DAL bases. It could cover pretty much all the short haul in the country from those 3 bases...

 

[Lear70]

I'm guessing ATL, MDW, and DAL bases. It could cover pretty much all the short haul in the country from those 3 bases...

That would be my guess as well...

 

[dougdrvr]

Doesn't anyone else understand what a "white elephant" the 717 is? It's a terrific airrplane but to keep it would be a drastic departure from the tried and true tenet of the SWA basic business model? It must cost Boeing a fortune to support since there is very little in common with the DC-9, especially in LRUs. I can't see how Boeing would view it as anything but a giant headache.

 

[obadie]

No were going to have them based in Hawaii for inter island hopping.

 

[BlueYonder]

It may be a "white elephant" to Boeing, but it won't be a "white elephant" to SWA. Boeing will be forced to continue very favorable lease terms as a way to keep the aircraft from being parked in the desert.

 

[scoreboardII]

I don't think Boeing has anything to do with the lease, it's all GE. GE may coerce Boeing into updating or maintaining supply stocks for those rare parts, but it's all GE.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

I believe that all of the AirTran 717s are leased through Boeing.