Originally Posted by
Proximity
LOL! Okay and they replace a 145 seat 700 with a 175 seat 800, they just added 20% more capacity and no growth. LOL! Good luck with that.
Southwest clearly would like to take the -7 based on the order book including the options they exercised, but since the -7 is not certified, they've exercised options on a few -8s.
In any case, the size of aircraft doesn't do anything to change what matters, which is total block hours. And block hours will increase because in order to put the schedule back to together including the new cities, frequencies will increase.
Hiring will be strong as demand is there and airplanes are still parked.