The Boeing 737 Max aircraft will begin flights on Southwest to six years. Inside, soothing lights and larger storage containers make it more comfortable for passengers.
The Max is part of the order of 350 Southwest aircraft will be purchased over the next 11 years.
"It's quieter, more climate friendly," said the CEO of Southwest Gary Kelly. "It is a nice step up and down the line."
For Dallas passengers, but what happens in Dallas may be equally important. Large is 35 months away, including new baggage carousels and a new terminal.
Product SW will include more convenient non-stop flights from Dallas.
In the evolution of the company, Field Love will completely renovated in 2014 That's when the Wright Amendment ends and Dallas passengers can fly across the country, without stopping or plane-change.
Southwest wants the new planes, not only to replace aging aircraft, but because they are 16 to 18 percent more efficient. This is part of the product that the passenger can not think.
"We want to get low cost us in the back of our people with low wages," said Southwest Chief Operating Officer Mike Van de Ven. "We want to move high performance and high reliability."
Those pieces of carved aluminum passengers see cost a pretty penny. In this case, $ 19 billion. "This is the largest order we've ever gotten," said the head of Boeing Jim Albaugh. "The bigger than the number of planes and greater revenue."
Article source:-http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Tuesdays-purchase-first-of-many-forward-looking-moves-by-Southwest-135557913.html
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)