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You can't be talking about a -700....No problem there...You're right, a 737 doesn't have room for extra cargo. It can't always carry the baggage of it's passengers checked in and at times it has to block seats just to carry enough fuel to make the flight.
Flying a 737 to Hawaii is not the most cost efficiant use of a an aircraft that size. The seat mile costs are much higher than a 767 or 757. Also the airplane is not being very productive. It makes one round trip and has little time left over for any more productivity from the airplane. I think one of the reasons SWA is so succesful is because they get very good productivity out of their aircraft. Also, I'm guessing an airline the size of SWA would have a a lot of frequent flyers in their program. Hawaii is the number one choice of frequent flyers and if you start hauling frequent flyers on a 737 you have little left over for revenue pax.
That's my theory anyway!
You're right, a 737 doesn't have room for extra cargo. It can't always carry the baggage of it's passengers checked in and at times it has to block seats just to carry enough fuel to make the flight.
Not true on the -700.
Full cabin, usual load of bags, ETOPS fuel, and blast off out of SNA (5700 ft runway) at max gross to Hawaii... no sweat!
Not true on the -700.
Full cabin, usual load of bags, ETOPS fuel, and blast off out of SNA (5700 ft runway) at max gross to Hawaii... no sweat!