Southwest Airlines Unveils a New Plane and Celebrates 15 Years in the NW

38 years ago this month Southwest took it's first aircraft off the line from The Boeing Company. See one of the newest aircraft as it is unveiled at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Also, on June 6, 1994, Southwest began service to three great cities: Seattle, Spokane, and Portland!

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• Southwest Airlines
• Boeing
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• Museum of Flight
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• Kevin Schemm
• 15 years
• Northwest
• Seattle
• Spokane
• Portland

[samthecat07]

more like a ripple...

[TheSPARTANkp97]

@darbjackson SWA has operated 727's before. they use 737's only because they dont need to train maintnance for many different aircraft and it keeps cost for us customers low. you can google it bing it whatever.

[P8NTBALL60]

@darbjackson they used 727s before they used 737s. google it

[darbjackson]

SWA has never used 727's. They have only used 737's.

[UltimateAviator]

I remember when SWA operated the boeing 727's, but that was many years ago! I think the boeing 737-700 is a good match for SWA, keeps the cost down.

[Erich64x2]

they only buy -700's from boeing at this time

[djmaster1995]

I Realize That.... They Dont Use -800's I Read It In THe Wall Street Journa l=]

[hawktb9]

If SWA wanted -800s, they could've bought out ATA, and assumed all their debt and assets. The 757s and L1011s would be sold off, and the -800s kept to work the Hawaii routes. But that didn't happen, so SWA has no plans to purchase any -800s. I shall read up on the WSJ and see what's being said.

[djmaster1995]

Yah, I read that also in the wall street journal

[hawktb9]

I work for SWA myself, and there is no way that SWA's gonna shell out money for ANY -800s, since the company's sold 6 of our brand-new -700s and leased them back. It just doesn't make any fiscal sense to purchase -800s when the company wants to keep costs down. Boeing needs to update that tidbit because WN's not desperate for any other 737s than the -700s.