Originally Posted by
NCLSEA123
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!
It may simply be that that particular plane is being removed from service for change over.
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.