Originally Posted by
rog747
Once again its all about fuel costs and efficiencies of the fleet/operations both in terms of fuel burn and technical support - The 737-700's it mentions are costly to maintain
I suggest you tell this to Southwest who operating just 513 (Five Hundred and Thirteen) 737-700s and consistently have one of the highest profit margins in aviation. With Germania it is all about half of the fleet parked during the winter generating no revenue and competition with large Locos causing low ticket prices.