Kelly reveals SWA's initial strategy included retaining 717s and ATL hub-spoke base. Blames fuel prices for retiring both.
And that no airline today is succeeding like FL in 2010:
"AirTran at its peak had about 140 aircraft. There's no one operating like AirTran was, with dual-class service and a low-cost structure. AirTran is a very strong operator and had strong customer service. You don't have really have that [today] and certainly no one that's operating all Boeing equipment."
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