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I'd like to see Southwest recreate this scene by welcoming the next 737-800 with a couple of Pontiac Azteks painted in canyon blue.
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I like the roomy double exit row configuration. How many seats on this aircraft? I'm guessing either 171 or 176.
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What is the seating capacity? Will the -800 have greater seat pitch than the -700 with 143 seats?
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Patricia Kuralt brings up an excellent point. Why should one have to pay for two seats when one and a half would easily suffice. Southwest should experiment by adding one row of four seats instead of the usual six and sell them for 1.5 times the price of a regular fare at booking. I bet they would be so popular that they would have to add more rows of premium width seats.
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Is this some kind of bad joke like new Coke?
This is a bad idea, period. This makes the seating more cramped, more luggage trying to fit in the same amount of overhead bin space. The space under the seat just lost another inch, there is no way to spin out of that one.
Southwest just took away the one product differentiater that made me like go there. Now I can just shop by price, and get the same cramped seat on Virgin, Frontier, United, or Delta, and possibly get in flight entertainment and choose my seat at time of booking.
What are you thinking?
Here is some constructive advice. Have Boeing build the 737 MAX 7.5 at 120' length. This will allow for seating of 150 with 32" pitch and 34" pitch of 12 rows for the A group and business travellers. People do notice more space, what is going on, and will vote with their feet and their money.
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Could have had a 757-300, too late, have a 737 MAX 8.
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Wow, SoCal really dominated aircraft manufacturing before the 707. Great picture of the "Fly DC JETS" sign as the last jet rolls off the line where the first DC-8 did in 1958. The solid designs of the early jet age have stood the test of time. The classic DC-9 nose, windscreen, and fuselage are still in production by COMAC for the ARJ-21, since they purchased the tooling. Similarly, the 707 will live on in its ultimate evolution, the 737 MAX.
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If you're going to bring a stand up bass on a plane, why leave the tuba behind? I would like to see more pictures of this mid-cabin lounge. It looks like there are some low back seats. Thanks
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Brian, good thing you were paying attention to document that noteworthy flight.
Fuel was much cheaper when the NG took shape. The assumption was that one aircraft could cost effectively cover from short range to 3000 nautical miles.
In the future, will there need to be two optimized aircraft for this size, one for up to 2000 miles, and one for longer legs?
I think Boeing can competitively improve the 737-700. There is the ratio of engine fan area to take off weight. While Boeing may not be able to fit a fan big enough to compete in efficiency on a loaded 737-900ER, the current fan size might work for a lightened 737-700. If range is reduced and a less powerful optimized engine is used, maybe there is one more version left in this excellent platform.
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The 737-700 is 110' and the 737-800 is 130' long. That is a big gap. In my mind, the ideal update would be a 120' model with 149 seats that all reclined, plus extra onboard baggage storage closets. Is there a way to put bigger engine fans on the 737 for better efficiency?
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Air-"Tran"? Was this airline founded in the town of Tran, Bulgaria, or was it named in honor of the 14th century Vietnamese dynasty?
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800 plane gorilla. At least, headed that way...
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09-20-2010
01:21 PM
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I think you need probably like 10 people with megaphones.
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Out of sensitivity to people with peanut allergies, I suggest you rename your blog, Nabisco selections about Southwest.
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Why would you charge for checked bags? It gives an incentive for people to bring more luggage in the cabin. This saves on little cart tires. Boarding and deplaning take longer though. Tires or time, which one costs more?
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Southwest is the leader in the evolution of air travel. The point to point system which avoids stops at airline hubs, being one example of how air travel is adapting and becoming better. Open seating versus assigned seating doesn't address the core issue, the middle seat sucks. Boeing and Southwest can solve this by designing the next aircraft to be a twin aisle seating two, two, and two.
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Hey, it's called fair pricing and equity, something Southwest has always excelled at.
Let me throw out an idea. A-group, 40 spots max, $20. B-group 40 spots max, $10. If you are a passenger who needs early boarding, or a family, pay your $20 for the premium seat which you are using.
Not all seats on the airplane are created equal, thus they should be priced differently. Rather than assigned seating, your first come first serve is the way to go. A three tiered pricing system of A, B, C is easy to follow.
Now, just take out a row, and have 34" of seat pitch in the front half of the plane.
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What ever happened to smoking cigarettes and listening to music on airphones to pass the time?
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I like the buildings in No. 2, but No. 5 wins. The outline of the state says it all, and the plane is well placed. As Peter, Paul and Mary said, "you can't jump a jet plane, like you can a freight train". Do to the lack of heat and oxygen in the wheel wells, "jump that plane" is ill advised.
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02-12-2009
02:00 PM
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Nice addition to the narrow body fleet. Now buy some wide body aircraft and prove you are not a sexist airline. Where's Borat in his suit-thing? Now that would scare some children at the gate.
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