{"id":1254,"date":"2026-06-07T06:36:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:36:38","slug":"southwest-sticks-with-boeing-as-max-7-delay-pushes-service-to-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1254","title":{"rendered":"Southwest sticks with Boeing as MAX 7 delay pushes service to 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><li>Companies<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Reuters) &#8211; Southwest Airlines (LUV.N)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> expects Boeing&#8217;s (BA.N)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> long-delayed 737 MAX 7 to enter \u200crevenue service in 2027 and remains focused on the MAX family rather than adding another aircraft type to reduce risk, Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson told Reuters on Saturday.<\/div><div>Asked about Airbus&#8217;s (AIR.PA)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> A220, Watterson said Southwest \u200bwas focused on the MAX.<\/div><div>&#8220;Diversification doesn&#8217;t come through a second fleet type,&#8221; Watterson said \u200bin an interview on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association&#8217;s annual \u2060meeting in Rio de Janeiro. &#8220;A second fleet type can increase your risk.&#8221;<\/div><div>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t make \u200bsense to lose focus on that,&#8221; he added.<\/div><div>The MAX 7 is still awaiting certification from \u200bthe U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Watterson said Southwest plans to do about six months of internal work after certification, including adding the aircraft to its operating specifications and manuals.<\/div><div>&#8220;The clock starts when they certify it,&#8221; he \u200bsaid.<\/div><div>Watterson said the MAX 7 delay had not forced Southwest to hold back specific \u200broutes, but had limited its ability to better match aircraft size with demand. The penalty, he said, is \u200chaving \u2060too many larger aircraft and not enough smaller jets for periods or markets with lower demand.<\/div><h2>STARLINK ROLLOUT<\/h2><div>Southwest is also moving ahead with Starlink-powered Wi-Fi, but Tony Roach, the airline&#8217;s chief customer and brand officer, said the carrier has not ruled out Amazon&#8217;s Leo satellite network.<\/div><div>\u200bRoach said Southwest expects \u200bto have an aircraft \u2060serviceable with Starlink later this month.<\/div><div>The airline has targeted equipping 300 aircraft with Starlink by year-end, but the pace depends on how fast \u200bStarlink can supply equipment, the executives added.<\/div><div>&#8220;Our tech ops can retrofit as \u200bfast as \u2060Starlink can deliver,&#8221; Watterson said.<\/div><div>Watterson said activist investor Elliott Investment Management was right that Southwest had been too slow to change, even though many changes were already underway.<\/div><div>&#8220;What Elliott was unequivocally correct \u2060about \u200bis we were too slow,&#8221; he said.<\/div><div>Watterson said \u200binvestors had underestimated Southwest customers&#8217; willingness to pay for new products, and said revenue per available seat mile would be \u200bthe &#8220;litmus test&#8221; for whether the changes are working.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Rajesh Kumar Singh\" class=\"wp-image-1218\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/177cb8ebfb676746bdced873598b10ca.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Rajesh Kumar Singh<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1252\">With China\u2019s Xi in North Korea, Kim to project confidence, defiance<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1249\">Etihad Airways orders widebody planes, sees return to pre-war capacity in June<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1247\">Iraq World Cup striker Hussein questioned for hours at Chicago airport, source says<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Airlines expects Boeing&#8217;s long-delayed 737 MAX 7 to enter \u200crevenue service in 2027 and remains focused on the MAX family rather than adding another aircraft type to reduce risk, Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson told Reuters on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[129,29],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-shareholder-activism","tag-transport-fuels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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