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Old May 15, 2013, 11:35 am
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WN launches the 737-7MAX & orders more 737-800
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing...152600952.html

What a surprise! WN will launches the 737-7MAX and orders more 737-800 as well.

The first WN 737-7MAX to be delivery sometime in 2019.

Congratulations to WN!
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Old May 15, 2013, 11:39 am
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It's hard to believe it is 6 years for those to be built.
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Old May 15, 2013, 11:40 am
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Also, WN will acquires 10 more 737-700 to be deliveries sometime in 2014-2015.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/southw...160849033.html
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Old May 15, 2013, 11:56 am
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Official press release from WN:

http://www.swamedia.com/releases/sou...o-shareholders

o 5 2014 737-700 deliveries converted to 737-800
o 5 2014 NG options exercised for 737-800
o 5 2014 NG options relinquished
o 5 2015 NG options relinquished
o 41 2014-2018 NG options converted to MAX options beyond 2024
o 30 2017-2018 NG firm orders converted to MAX firm orders for 2019-2021 delivery
o 10 pre-owned 737-700s purchased for 2014-2015 delivery
o 737MAX-8 first delivery planned 2017
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Old May 15, 2013, 3:21 pm
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WN will acquires ex-WS 10x 737-700.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle11942880/

Let the speculation begin.
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WN launches the 737-7MAX & orders more 737-800
More LIT-SAT options
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In other news, I was talking to a FA the other day while sitting on a 300. She told me that they are going to be adding the evolve interiors to the 300-series planes that have the swooped up winglets.

There goes the comfort and legroom.
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Here is the article from Dallas News:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2...37-max-7.html/

Let the speculation begin.
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Originally Posted by jb3t
In other news, I was talking to a FA the other day while sitting on a 300. She told me that they are going to be adding the evolve interiors to the 300-series planes that have the swooped up winglets.

There goes the comfort and legroom.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Old May 18, 2013, 6:25 pm
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
What? What's wrong with you?
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What? What's wrong with you?
The 300's are, until now, guaranteed extra seat pitch versus the Evolve.

Now we get extra seats and small bins?
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In other news, I was talking to a FA the other day while sitting on a 300. She told me that they are going to be adding the evolve interiors to the 300-series planes that have the swooped up winglets.

There goes the comfort and legroom.
A couple dozen of Southwest's oldest -300s are already more than 20 years old. One could hope they'll just be left in the current config until retirement.

Refurbs to old aircraft?

Buying used aircraft?

Pushing out options for new aircraft?

Southwest is showing shades of Delta's capital spending discipline.
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Old May 19, 2013, 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
A couple dozen of Southwest's oldest -300s are already more than 20 years old. One could hope they'll just be left in the current config until retirement.

Refurbs to old aircraft?

Buying used aircraft?

Pushing out options for new aircraft?

Southwest is showing shades of Delta's capital spending discipline.
It is very likely that they may be planning to recycle the Evolve components into the new airframes as the 300's are retired.
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
A couple dozen of Southwest's oldest -300s are already more than 20 years old. One could hope they'll just be left in the current config until retirement.
And those planes also did not get winglets.

Any 300's that got winglets are here to stay for a while and those planes will probably be devolved.
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