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  Scrap metal aviators, 28. October 2020 @ 14: 53

  At Southwest, it's not so much about focusing more on short and medium-haul routes in the future.
  Southwest flies to airports with less traffic, so you have over 500 B737 / 700s with 143 seats in the fleet, you fly from point to point and that also transcontinental.
  If you look at the occupancy rate in recent years, it is around 82%.
  What good are airplanes with 180 seats if you only use a 143-seater with 82%,
  if you only sell 120 seats?
  This is exactly what the C-Series was specially developed for.
  The starting pattern is the CS300 today A220 / 300 with 145 seats as standard, now 149 seats after a modification in the rear with 32 "seat spacing even more than the 737/700 with 31" at Southwest, the jet not only offers more distance to the person in front but also in five rows there are significantly wider seats than in the B737 with six rows of seats.
  Then there is another advantage: the A220 aircraft are 8 tons lighter when empty and 10 tons at a maximum take-off weight, which in turn saves fees and fuel.
  The A220 is more efficient per seat than a B737max7 in terms of unit costs.