Southwest Airlines Launches New Boeing 737-800 ETOPS - N8301J WARRIOR ONE
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- AviationExplore... - For the first time in 15 years, Southwest Airlines unveiled a new member of its fleet at Dallas Love Field.
The airline introduced its first Boeing 737-800 during a launch party in a hangar at its Dallas headquarters.
The plane holds 175 passengers, compared with 137 on the biggest jet now in Southwest's fleet. The extra 38 seats should mean more revenue per flight.
The new plane has higher ceilings and more overhead bin space than other Southwest planes and will be equipped for wireless Internet access.
Southwest plans to get 33 of the new planes this year, and 41 next year, while retiring a similar number of older jets. Southwest has more than 550 planes, not counting its AirTran Airways subsidiary.
If it passes operating tests the plane will join the fleet on April 11. Southwest plans to use the plane mostly on long-haul flights out of Baltimore, Chicago and Florida airports, then in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Eventually the new plane could allow Southwest to fly to Hawaii and the Caribbean.
Extra seating is a recurring theme at Southwest, which needs more revenue to offset high fuel costs.
The 737-800 is Southwest's first new model since it added the 737-700 in 1997. The bigger plane means Southwest flights will require an additional flight attendant.
Southwest has the world's largest all-Boeing fleet.
The new jet is approved for extended operations, which will allow this airplane to fly long-distance routes that were previously off limits to aircraft with 2 engines to locations such as Hawaii and the Caribbean islands.
I just flew SW Boeing 737-800 from SEA-SMF and it was very comfortable-especially in the last 2 rows in the back of the plane because there is a little more leg room there.
I may goin on his plane from chicago to LAX in 3 weeks!
LUV them beautiful Southwest Airlines Planes!!
I had the opportunity to work on this airplane. It is simply stunning!
and airtran flys their 737-700 from the east coast to the Caribbean
So this means this 737 can fly the pond to the Uk with out refueling?
I have this exact one in diecast, Warrior One & tail registration number matches with this real aircraft.
I've seen warrior one at Cleveland Hopkins
This aircraft has been repainted in the current Heart paint scheme, minus the "Warrior One" name.
United flies over the pond to UK in BOEING 757-200. I would not want to be on this kind of aircraft flying oversea's. Crowded, tight, and no in seat t.v. monitors! Plus if the plane is fighting head winds-this plane doesn't carry enough fuel to make it to JFK. This happened to me on a Lockheed L-1011 in the late 80's.
i meant to say this
si il video fa pena ma il 737 e' bellissimo
Boeing 737 = Can of Sardines - hate flying in them.