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Old 06-04-2024 | 02:33 PM
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I hear a lot of chatter from people in the last 48 hours about SWA buying us. This seems to be an ongoing rumor. MY TAKE on this is I really doubt SWA is looking at us. They want smaller planes, not bigger ones. A big thorn to SWA is they have been taking Max 8 deliveries when they wanted Max 7 because the Max 7 is not yet certified - and they have too much capacity as a result on routes. We are getting rid of our 319s... so a 320/321 airline. That doesn't fit with SWA wanting smaller. What does fit is someone with 220's - the 220-300 is pretty much the same size as the 737-700 - and the max will be the last iteration of the 737 anyway, so SWA needs to move to a new plane. The 220 makes a lot of sense for them, the 320 not so much...