07-31-2009, 05:01 AM
SWA, at the start, pioneered a new model of running an airline and made it profitable at that. Although Herb Kelleher is no longer a day to day fixture there, hopefully some of his methodology for running an airline will stay.
Although Hawaii is out of their comfort zone at the moment, I would not be surprised to look to SWA to shake up the typical formulas here if they enter this market - (not as a code share).
In 2006, SWA purchased it's first 737-700 and was scheduled for del of 44 more - "The aircraft has recently received federal approval for 180-minute ETOPS (extended range twin-engine operations) flights -- meaning that it can travel over oceans, as long as it's within three hours flight time of an airport, which it will be in this case." (from http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stori...tory7.html)
There are also white tails that Aloha had that are already available.
Although Hawaii is out of their comfort zone at the moment, I would not be surprised to look to SWA to shake up the typical formulas here if they enter this market - (not as a code share).
In 2006, SWA purchased it's first 737-700 and was scheduled for del of 44 more - "The aircraft has recently received federal approval for 180-minute ETOPS (extended range twin-engine operations) flights -- meaning that it can travel over oceans, as long as it's within three hours flight time of an airport, which it will be in this case." (from http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stori...tory7.html)
There are also white tails that Aloha had that are already available.
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