Southwest Airlines

The airline will only take delivery of 66 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbodies instead of the 114 it originally planned to add to its fleet.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The carrier beat out JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines for the runway timings.

Nashville, Tennessee, will see two new seasonal routes flown by the carrier.

Construction on the gates and supporting facilities started in 2019.

Southwest Airlines has converted 40 firm orders for the Boeing 737-7 to the slightly larger 737-8, as Boeing’s timeline for certifying the smallest MAX family variant continues to slip.

Most of Southwest Airlines' summer plans are driven by the airline’s desire to add “depth” to its “spider web” network, as CFO Tammy Romo has said.

The airline is offering a limited number of new routes in its summer schedule.

Oklahoma City is also anticipating the launch of a Delta Air Lines service to New York.

The Californian airport expects 2022 passenger numbers to exceed 2019 levels.

Growing frequencies on the airline’s ‘spider web’ network is a key to future growth, CFO Tammy Romo says.

The Houston City Council says it will make an initial down payment of $20 million for the airport upgrade.

The airline is preparing for the biggest period of growth in its history.

Routes Americas 2022 will facilitate collaboration between key aviation stakeholders.

Last year Southwest Airlines operated scheduled service to 122 airports.

The LCC said it needs a ‘buffer’ as it hires new staff.

Southwest Airlines conceded it will not fully restore pre-pandemic capacity levels in 2022 as planned citing ongoing staffing issues.

A total of 13 routes are being launched from the secondary airports in Chicago and Houston by Frontier, most of which are served by rival Southwest Airlines.

The carrier is also resuming a slew of grounded routes next summer.

Recent high-profile meltdowns were mainly caused by a reluctance of workers to pick up overtime shifts during periods of high stress such as bad weather events and IT system failures, the CEOs said.

The ULCC is expanding in South Florida with a focus on rival Spirit’s home airport.

Worldwide capacity remains around 71% of pre-crisis levels despite a reduction in Europe.

Southwest Airlines remains in the midst of a hiring push to alleviate operational challenges it encountered during the third quarter, but the airline is also turning attention to building up network depth over the next year to recover more quickly from irregular operations.

The network additions will increase the carrier’s network from the Idaho capital to 15 destinations.

The carrier objects to giving eight peak-time slot pairs to low-cost operators.