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Old Nov 19, 2004 | 10:55 pm
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Originally Posted by TSAMGR
Have had four added in the last month and will have 12 more by April.

I believe Philly went from 12 to 40 in about three months.
Southwest did some shuffling -- adds in one place generally mean reductions elsewhere. PHL is a new station for them, so obviously there's some expansion. But that did come at the expense of some other markets (so systemwide, it wasn't a capacity change).

Last I checked their fleet orders, they're due about 25 new aircraft next year. That's the extent of their expansion plans, which are on the aggressive side for an airline.
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