Southwest Considers Switching Up on Boeing 737s and 9 Other Top Aviation Stories This Week
Photo Credit: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas. The company might deviate from its all-737 strategy. Southwest Airlines / Stephen M. Keller
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This week in aviation, after 48 years, Southwest Airlines is considering adding a different aircraft type. Meanwhile, JetBlue is focusing more on its Caribbean and Latin American flights as the company prepares to leave Mexico City.
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Southwest Will Look at Buying Jets Other Than Boeing 737s After 48-Year Run: Southwest Airlines always is hesitant to mess with its secret sauce. But it's a gigantic airline, and it might benefit from operating more than one aircraft type.
JetBlue Airways Pulls Back to Regroup on Latin America and Caribbean Strategy: It isn’t easy being in the airline business, but airlines have one advantage over a traditional company. Their assets are mobile. If a carrier like JetBlue discovers softness in one region, it can move its airplanes elsewhere.
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