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Southwest to revamp its Atlanta schedules to better compete for business traffic against Delta

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) is changing its Atlanta operation in order to better compete against Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) for business customers. The airline, according to this Bloomberg report, will have no more than 20 aircraft on the ground at any time at ATL instead of current 30 (including the shrinking AirTran Airways). This will allow the 175 daily flights to be spread more evenly throughout the day according to the airline. The new strategy and schedule will become effective in November.

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Copyright Photo: Fernandez Imaging. Boeing 737-3H4 N629SW in the second Silver One scheme taxies at Houston (Hobby).

Southwest Airlines: AG Slide Show

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Southwest repaints 737 N629SW “Silver One”

 

Taxiing at San Francisco now with Blended Winglets, Southwest has retained a "Silver One" logo by the nose. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.

Taxiing at San Francisco now with Blended Winglets (winglets were added about two weeks before repainting), Southwest has retained a "Silver One" logo by the nose. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.

 

 

N629SW prepares to taxi from the gate at Los Angeles in the gray fuselage version of "Silver One". Copyright Photo: Roy Lock.

N629SW prepares to taxi from the gate at Los Angeles in the gray fuselage version of "Silver One". Copyright Photo: Roy Lock.

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has repainted its Boeing 737-3H4 N629SW (msn 27704) known as “Silver One” into the current 2001 colors. N629SW originally was introduced in a metal top scheme in June 1996 celebrating its 25th Anniversary (Silver Anniversary). In 1999 the metal top was replaced with gray paint.

Southwest agrees to pay $7.5 million fine

 

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Please click on photo for full view and caption.

Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million for its failure to perform the necessary maintenance checks for fuselage cracks on some of its older Boeing 737s.