Originally Posted by
Salukidawg
^^^^^What Whack said. I guess I have a thing for girl cars. As for the MAX7’s that are already built. I would guess that the company wants them because we need airframes and it allows for them to retire more -700’s while replacing them with similar sized aircraft. I’m sure Boeing has already or is going to be compensating the company for taking 7 year old frames for the shorter service life.
Just as SWA did with the RTS of the Max 8, all those Max 7's( I think 26) that are built, SWA won't be touching those for quite a while. Tech has already stated that those will be the last to get on line. All those 8's that are on order will just be converted to 7's since it's on the same assembly line. If the 7 gets its airworthy in late 2026, I can see in 2027-2028, SWA pretty much getting 90% Max 7's in the deliveries. I don't know what the cost is but I bet you it's in the Billions keeping those 700's around vs the Max 7, which should have been on the property almost 10 years ago. I just hope the economics of the airplane are as advertised. If it is, it will be a big benefit to SWA no doubt. SWA average stage length is still less than 800 miles. Many city pairs that need that airplane to balance capacity at the operating cost of that airplane.