Southwest Airlines is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737.
As of May 2024[update], the Southwest Airlines fleet consists of 815 aircraft, making it the fourth-largest commercial airline fleet in the world. All of the aircraft Southwest Airlines operates are from the Boeing 737 family of narrow-body airliners.
Since its inception, Southwest Airlines has almost exclusively operated Boeing 737 aircraft (except for a brief period when it operated a handful of leased Boeing 727 aircraft). Southwest is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737, and was the launch customer of the 737-300, 737-500, and 737-700.[1] It took delivery of its 1000th Boeing 737 in 2023.
Using a single basic aircraft type allows Southwest pilots and flight attendants to crew any aircraft in the fleet without restrictions.[2]
In March 2021, Southwest announced an order for 100 MAX 7 jets.[3] The order established Southwest Airlines as the largest purchaser of the type.[4] In June 2021, they increased their overall purchase order of MAX 7 aircraft to 234,[5] which again increased to 342 in October 2023.[6]
^"Southwest Aircraft Receives a Makeover to Commemorate Boeing Milestone". Southwest Airlines Newsroom. July 27, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^Arnold, Kyle (March 29, 2021). "Southwest Airlines recommits to Boeing with order for 100 new 737 Max 7 jets". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, Texas. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
^Wolfsteller, Pilar (October 26, 2020). "Southwest flirts with Airbus in fleet renewal". Flight Global.
^Josephs, Leslie (March 29, 2021). "Southwest Airlines agrees to buy 100 of Boeing's smallest 737 Max model". CNBC.
^Wolfsteller, Pilar (July 22, 2021). "Southwest is 'delighted' with recovery progress". Flight Global.
^Gates, Dominic (October 26, 2023). "Southwest places big order for Boeing's MAX 7 before FAA approval". The Seattle Times.
and 29 Related for: Southwest Airlines fleet information
SouthwestAirlinesfleet consists of 815 aircraft, making it the fourth-largest commercial airlinefleet in the world. All of the aircraft Southwest Airlines...
SouthwestAirlines Co. is a major airline in the United States that operates on a low-cost carrier model. It is headquartered in Love Field, Dallas, Texas...
Xiamen Airlines plane (operated as Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301) sideswiped a China SouthwestAirlines Boeing 707 (operated as China SouthwestAirlines Flight...
Pacific SouthwestAirlines (PSA) was a low-cost US airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first substantial...
Allegheny Airlines, America West Airlines, Empire Airlines, Pacific SouthwestAirlines and Piedmont Airlines included: US Airways livery "US Airways Fleet Details...
entry of SouthwestAirlines into Denver, the company underwent a reorganization early in 2006. On April 3, 2006, Frontier created Frontier Airlines Holdings...
50km 30miles LaGuardia Airport Emergency landing Debris recovered SouthwestAirlines Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 that experienced a contained engine...
Airways was a low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 1993 until 2014, when it was merged into SouthwestAirlines. Headquartered in Orlando...
interline agreement with SouthwestAirlines. As of April 2024[update], Hawaiian Airlines operates the following aircraft: The airline names its Boeing 717...
destinations. The airline is named after Pacific SouthwestAirlines (commonly known as just PSA), one of the predecessors of today's American Airlines, to protect...
Founded in 1967 to be a Texas intrastate airline, SouthwestAirlines was initially prevented from operating, and saw long-haul flights from its original...
the largest airlines in North America, ranked by several different metrics. This is a list of North America's largest passenger airlines in terms of enplaned...
2004, the FL Group, owner of the airlines Icelandair and Sterling Airlines, purchased an 8.4% stake in the airline. Over the course of 2005, FL increased...
at 8:48 am (MST). SouthwestAirlines owns and retains all ownership of the operating certificate and all assets held by ATA Airlines including trademarks...
Frontier Airlines. In April 2012, citing the airline's strict refund policy, Spirit Airlines representative Misty Pinson announced that the airline would...
operates a fleet of freighter aircraft and manages its parent airline's cargo-hold capacity. Its sister airlines include Mandarin Airlines, which operates...
LATAM Airlines Group acting as the parent company. LATAM Airlines Group is currently the largest airline corporation in Latin America. The airline was founded...
agreement with U.S.-based SouthwestAirlines. However, in April 2010 WestJet announced that the airline partnership with SouthwestAirlines was terminated and...
Airlines. Established on 1 July 1988 following the restructuring of CAAC Airlines that acquired and merged a number of domestic airlines, the airline...
Porter Airlines (stylized in all lowercase as porter) is a Canadian airline headquartered at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the Toronto Islands in...
agreements between the two airlines. In May 2010, Sutton Harbour Holdings, the parent company of Air Southwest, announced that the airline was to be sold to enable...
Salisbury. The airline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Airlines Group and it is paid by fellow group member American Airlines to staff, operate...
respective airline designators and flight numbers. JetBlue codeshares with the following airlines: Aer Lingus Air Serbia Azul Brazilian Airlines Cape Air...
Airlines. The new United is the third largest airline in terms of fleet size, behind American Airlines and Delta. The combined airline houses a fleet...
Nigerian airline headquartered in Ikeja, in the southwest of the country, and based in Lagos's Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The Dana Airlines Limited...
Western Global Airlines, LLC is an American cargo airline based in Estero, Florida. The company's services include aircraft leasing, commercial charters...
SouthwestAirlines Flight 1455 was a scheduled passenger flight from McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport...
competition in 1993 when low-cost airlineSouthwestAirlines entered the Pacific Northwest by purchasing Morris Air. Alaska Airlines was able to keep its costs...
Global Information