SWA considers Europe

[bravodude]

Southwest 'excited about potential' for international service (10/01/2007)

By Andrew Compart <FONT face=Arial size=2>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Southwest sent representatives to a worldwide routes development conference here for the first time, showing just how seriously the carrier is taking its plans to begin offering international service -- first with ATA, later with other domestic and foreign airline codeshare partners and perhaps eventually with its own aircraft.

 

[Reebo]

Here comes ISP-LGW

 

[thor2j]

Here comes ISP-LGW

In what????

 

[SWA GUY]

In anything our codeshare partner cares to fly. Probably a 757 (think ATA).

 

[Reebo]

In what????

Could be in this


http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/737-700ER/facts.html

 

[Daddy]

A 700 could make it also...it would be very tight in summer though since you have to run the APU for ETOPS

 

[thor2j]

A 700 could make it also...it would be very tight in summer though since you have to run the APU for ETOPS

A normal 700 would not make it back 90% of the time with reserves and an alternate running the APU.

It would be worse in the winter not summer.

 

[General Lee]

A normal 700 would not make it back 90% of the time with reserves and an alternate running the APU.

It would be worse in the winter not summer.

Private Air flies a 737-700 for Lufthansa from Germany to EWR, and a 738 for KLM from AMS to IAH. But, there are limited seats with ultra first class service, which means less weight and more fuel. That just isn't in Southwest's game plan, right?

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[thor2j]

Private Air flies a 737-700 for Lufthansa from Germany to EWR, and a 738 for KLM from AMS to IAH. But, there are limited seats with ultra first class service, which means less weight and more fuel. That just isn't in Southwest's game plan, right?

Bye Bye--General Lee

I believe they have either an extra or an enlarged center tank. No way a normal 737-800 would make it that far.

The BBJ combines the Next Generation 737-700's airframe combined with the strengthened wing, fuselage centre section and landing gear of the larger and heavier 737-800, with three to 10 belly auxiliary fuel tanks

 

[jke406]

Wouldn't that prohibitively reduce the weight of baggage the Griswolds can take to Europe?

More to the point, can that aircraft take enough gas and bags to make an all-coach 737 crossing work?