Flight Friday: How Southwest's Boeing 737 Fleet Is Evolving

Daniel Williams March 21, 2025
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Credit: Ashlee D. Smith/Southwest Airlines
With only weeks to go until the aviation community meets in Atlanta for MRO Americas 2025, this week's #FlightFriday looks at a carrier causing a stir: Southwest Airlines. Southwest relies exclusively on the Boeing 737s for its operations. More specifically, it relies on only three types of the 737...
Daniel Williams

Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet data.

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