Who said this has anything to do with 737-700s with respect to this thread?
Context IS that I said in a thread regarding the 737-700s that I believe DL would be willing to trade the 737-700s as part of a deal with WN that might involve the 717s and a gate swap in ATL if that is what it took to close the deal.
Nothing more.
Since WN has converted nearly all - if not all - of its remaining orders to -800s, the only reason they might be interested in DL's -700s is because they are high performance models that would specifically be capable of operating long-haul service to Latin America, obviously a key focus area for WN's growth.
Why I DID say above is that it is possible that WN might be deferring some of its own delivery slots - regardless of whether for 700s or 800s - in order to take over some of DL's delivery slots as part of the 717 deal.
If DL moves forward with the 717 deal, they would end up with about 200 narrowbody deliveries over the next five years or so, including the 100 737-900ERs DL already has on order and the 717s.
It is possible that WN has decided not to pursue the 717 deal and thus does not need near as many new deliveries as they have coming.... or they may still get rid of the 717s but do very little fleet replacement of their own native fleet.
Regardless, I made no attempt to connect the DL 737-700s with this announcement by WN, regardless if others read it that way.
Of the 4 posts on this forum to date, all 4, including mine, believe that WN is acting to improve its own financial performance - exactly what it said it would do.
How refreshing to think that 3 out of 4 people - and the 4th didn't even address the issue - can agree that a company might actually trust a company to be accurately speaking about its intentions.
