Originally Posted by
pilot124
I'd like to know the real reason Southwest Is pulling out. Delays hurting the on time performance? Losing money in EWR? Empty planes? Cost of operating out of the sewer?
My guess is lack of aircraft. They’ve expanded into Hawaii and are supposed to have around 80 MAXs flying by now. If the MAX wasn’t grounded I bet they’d still be in EWR but with new routes to Hawaii something had to give. That said, I’m sure they chose their least profitable routes to cut.