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The Southwest livery really sticks out in these photos. Is it possible that this is close to their entire fleet? If so wouldn't seem wise to have some diversity
by bogomipz 7y ago
The Southwest livery really sticks out in these photos. Is it possible that this is close to their entire fleet? If so wouldn't seem wise to have some diversity in your storage facilities?
- moose333 7y agoWikipedia puts their current fleet at 745 planes[1], and I'm not seeing more than 200 Southwest planes out there by my quick count. Could be close to a third of their fleet, which is still bonkers to think about. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Current_fleet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_fleet#Curre...
- redis_mlc 7y agoFYI: Southwest started small, but they're one of the largest US carriers now - a major. I remember when they were the scrappy startup, but: "As of 2018, Southwest carries the most domestic passengers of any United States airline." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines LionAir, which had one of the 737 MAX accidents, has a similar story, and will probably end up being a similar size. Only started in 1999, most of the new aircraft model launches are done with them, and they have 234 planes on order.
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