Originally Posted by
rsteinmetz70112
According to Planespotters.com Fleet number 8311 has registration N8311Q and is a 800 that has been in service since 2012.
I know some of the Airtran 737-700s were ETOPS equipped and probably still are. I don't think they all were nor do I know which ones were.
I'm sorry if I mis-spotted the aircraft as a -700. I made the assumption it was a -700 as it didn't have the double wiglets (upper/lower). I thought all the -800s had those and stopped really giving the plane a once over. I guess I should have looked for the double doors over the wing.
I can absolutely say the numbers I saw were correct and it had ETOPS on it as I always look for that and compared tail number to nose wheel door numbers. strange I saw C vs Q. I paid attention to the letters because they were not on the nose wheel and I was looking for AS or SW. I couldn't figure out off the top of my head who C was. Anyway, of course it had SWA livery (current, not the new new)