Since its inception, Southwest Airlines has almost exclusively operated Boeing 737 aircraft (except for a brief period when it operated a handful of leased Boeing 727-200 aircraft). Southwest is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737, and was the launch customer of the 737-300, 737-500, and 737-700.
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“If you could book a 737 500, and you find out it's a 737 MAX, technically they don't have to honor your request. … So you don't have a right to specify you are not going to go on a 737 MAX.”
Southwest has the largest Boeing fleet in the world. For more than 30 years, Southwest Airlines has been the launch customer for each new generation of Boeing's 737-series aircraft, including the 737 MAX 8.
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