Southwest Airlines Eyes 30-35 Aircraft Retirements Per Year

Southwest Airlines 737 MAX
Credit: Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines plans to grow its fleet by about 85 aircraft in 2022, but its order-book flexibility and plethora of older aircraft it could park gives it flexibility to increase or decrease the figure based on market conditions, company executives said. The Dallas-based airline has firm-order...
Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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