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Delta to Lease Southwest/AirTran B717s
The Wall Street Journal has reported that a tentative agreement has been reached between Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines for the lease of 88 Boeing 717s currently operating for Southwest's AirTran subsidiary. (online.wsj.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Does SWA have enough 73's on order to still absorb all the the AirTran 717 pilots? SWA has 150 on order for delivery over a 10 year period. SWA states that the planes, to be delivered from 2012 to 2022, will be used primarily to replace older, less-efficient jetliners, such as 737-300s, many of which were built in the 1980s and '90s. They have 168 737-300's so there is a negative of 18 aircraft before you factor in the 88 717's that they will not take delivery.
Actually Air Tran had a like amount of 737s on order from Boeing, and with Southwest blasting away all the niche routes that Air Tran flew with the 717s, yeah, there wouldnt be a problem. I just feel sorry for the mess that Southwest has gotten itself into jumping into delay ridden Atlanta...I guess being an on-time airline doesnt matter to them anymore....
It is a different working environment for SWA as they usually prefer to work from the smaller/satellite airports where they can have more control over the flow. Not the case in ATl where you have 140-170 operations an hour. I was interesting to see them change their tune once they starting flying out of ATL. They said they would keep AirTran's 1st class seats, raised fares 2 or 4 different times, and pulled out of 10+/- markets. There is a demand for SWA business model but perhaps not in ATL.
I'm worried more for the AirTran 717 pilots that might get squeezed out of a job.
I'm worried more for the AirTran 717 pilots that might get squeezed out of a job.
Well at least the 717s wont be going to some 3rd world airline and end up killing people because of shoddy maintenance...
That's tasteless. You get a thumbs up.
I believe that the 717 holds the same type rating as the DC9/MD88. That should work nicely as Delta phases out the aging DC9s they inherited from Northwest.