Originally Posted by
mariofly12
Yes i know the 738 flies without any problems to Canaries,Cyprus..I was referring more to the pax capacity issue, where a 737-700 can replace the 733s on thinner routes or winter routes. And the 737-700 might not have had the success of Airbus but it's still flown by TUI,Tarom,KLM,Blue Air, Germania until recently,SAS
I'm not sure which bases the 733 currently operates at, but as a general view of overall capacity, when the 757's are retired there will be a loss of capacity from the 757 to 738 of 46 seats whereas to replace a 737-300 with a 737-800 is an increase of 41 seats so there's a fairly even balance in replacing both of those ageing types. Having a standard fleet will also save costs