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Southwest reducing fleet while adding seats – AVIATION WEEK

A Southwest 737-700 lands at Detroit last July.  Photo: Chris Jacobs - OPShots Contributor

Southwest Airlines’ new cabin refurbishment program, which adds another row of seats to each of the carrier’s Boeing 737-700s, will give the airline additional revenue capabilities on each frequency as it reduces the number of aircraft in its fleet. The retrofit project, dubbed Evolve,… Read more

Canada’s WestJet plots a bigger fleet – The Globe and Mail

A WestJet 737-700 sits at its gate in Moncton, New Brunswick.  Photo:  Doug McElroy - OPShots Contributor

Over the past year, Gregg Saretsky has kept analysts and aviation buffs guessing over the details of WestJet Airlines Ltd. (WJA-T11.760.131.12%)next major move. But over lunch in Toronto, the WestJet chief executive officer tells me that the carrier is getting set to take one of the biggest… Read more

Airbus Expects United To Place A380 Order – AVIATION WEEK

United Airlines, now the world's largest, is said to be contemplating the super-heavy A380 for its Asian markets.  Photo: Syed Rashed - OPShots Contributor

United Continental Holdings is contemplating an Airbus A380 order, and while a final deal will take some time, Airbus expects the U.S. airline to adopt the double-decker for its extensive Asian network. Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customer John Leahy, speaking with Aviation Week yesterday… Read more

Spirit Airlines Signs MOU for 75 Airbus Aircraft – Yahoo! Finance

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 on final for Chicago O'Hare in September of last year.  Photo: Doug Lambert - OPShots Contributor

MIRAMAR, Fla., Nov. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spirit Airlines and Airbus announced today that they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a significant addition to Spirit’s existing aircraft purchase order with Airbus. The MOU contemplates an order of 75 A320… Read more

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