Southwest Airlines to retire 20 737-700s in 2019

Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) plans to retire around twenty B737-700s during the course of 2019 as it prepares to become the launch customer for the B737-7s, Chief Financial Officer Tammy Romo said during the LCC's quarterly earnings call. "We'll start retiring some of our oldest -700s this year as we continue with our fleet modernization effort, which will help improve our fuel efficiency, operational reliability and maintenance burden," Romo said. The airline… (www.ch-aviation.com) More...