Last Revenue AirTran 737 Flight
Jun 24, 2014, 9:08 pm
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Last Revenue AirTran 737 Flight
I think I may have ended up accidentally booking myself on the last AirTran revenue flight on the 737. Flight 1043 (SWA 6043) ATL-LAS on 11/30. It doesn't go back to Atlanta afterwards, so my guess is its a ferry flight to the shop for a paint job and to get reconfigured. Sure will miss AirTran.
If anyone finds a later one, post it up!
If anyone finds a later one, post it up!
Jun 24, 2014, 9:30 pm
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I think I may have ended up accidentally booking myself on the last AirTran revenue flight on the 737. Flight 1043 (SWA 6043) ATL-LAS on 11/30. It doesn't go back to Atlanta afterwards, so my guess is its a ferry flight to the shop for a paint job and to get reconfigured. Sure will miss AirTran.
If anyone finds a later one, post it up!
If anyone finds a later one, post it up!
If I understand correctly there will be 30 ish Airtran planes on 12/28 including 15-18 717's and 12-15 737s remaining with the last official Airtran flight. I understand that the 737s will fly as Southwest planes for a few months until their livery (and other systems) can be changed.
I have no information on whether they will retain the Airtran seat configuration, which can be changed much more easily than the paint job.
Jun 24, 2014, 9:42 pm
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Yeah, I don't know where Southwest contracts to paint, but there are a lot of places in that general area it could go to.
If they're just switching all 737 flights to SWA flight numbers on 12/01, I don't think they'll spend the extra $$ to change the seating configuration until the aircraft is scheduled for the changeover. I'm betting they've scheduled those as close to regular MX checks as possible for the changeovers as well....
If they're just switching all 737 flights to SWA flight numbers on 12/01, I don't think they'll spend the extra $$ to change the seating configuration until the aircraft is scheduled for the changeover. I'm betting they've scheduled those as close to regular MX checks as possible for the changeovers as well....
Jun 24, 2014, 10:11 pm
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My information comes from a friend of mine who is an current Airtran Captain and will become a Southwest FO in August.
Jul 4, 2014, 10:03 pm
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Last Revenue AirTran 737 Flight
Many of us are flying FL flight 1 on December 28. It will be the final FL flight.
Jul 16, 2014, 8:41 pm
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Aug 4, 2014, 10:15 pm
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Well, they just did a schedule change and deleted it. Not the last AirTran 737 flight anymore I guess.
Aug 5, 2014, 2:07 am
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The absolute last Airtran 737 flight will probably be into PAE as a ferry.
WN is converting FL 737s as well as acquiring and converting other 737-700s available on the market, (which was part of the previously announced converting previous 737-700 orders to 737-800, delaying others to the 2017 arrival of 737-MAX)