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Employee Group Represented by Agreement amendable on
Customer Service and
Reservations
International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO
November 2008 (or 2006 at the
Union’s option under certain
conditions)
Flight Attendants Transportation Workers of America,
AFL-CIO (“TWU”)
In negotiations
Ramp, Operations and
Provisioning
TWU June 2008 (or 2006 at the Union’s
option under certain conditions)
Pilots Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association September 2006
Flight Dispatchers Southwest Airlines Employee Association November 2009
Aircraft Appearance Technicians Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association
(“AMFA”)
February 2009
Stock Clerks International Brotherhood of Teamsters
(“Teamsters”)
August 2008
Mechanics AMFA August 2005
Flight Simulator Technicians Teamsters November 2008
Flight/Ground School Instructors
and Flight Crew Training
Instructors
Southwest Airlines Professional
Instructors Association
December 2012
Item 2. Properties
Aircraft
Southwest operated a total of 388 Boeing 737 aircraft as of December 31, 2003, of which 89 and 7
were under operating and capital leases, respectively. The remaining 292 aircraft were owned.
Southwest was the launch Customer for the Boeing 737-700 aircraft, the newest generation of the
Boeing 737 aircraft type. The first 737-700 aircraft was delivered in December 1997 and entered revenue
service in January 1998. At December 31, 2003, Southwest had 146 Boeing 737-700 aircraft in service.
The following table details information on the 388 aircraft in the Company’s fleet as of December
31, 2003:
737 Type Seats Average Age
(Yrs)
Number of
Aircraft
Number
Owned
Number
Leased
-200 122 21.2 23 21 2
-300 137 12.6 194 110 84
-500 122 12.7 25 16 9
-700 137 3.3 146 145 1
Totals 9.6 388 292 96
The Company currently intends to retire its fleet of 23 Boeing 737-200 aircraft by the end of first
quarter 2005.
In total, at January 29, 2004, the Company had firm orders and options to purchase Boeing 737
aircraft as follows: