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Southwest Airlines delays purchase of 30 Boeing 737/800 aircraft

Dallas, USA - The company also continues its share buyback program

The low-cost American carrier Southwest Airlines announced the decision to delay the purchase of 30 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The Dallas-based company postponed the acquisition of 20 planes until 2013, and of the other 10 till 2017 and 2018. "Until we hit our return on capital target -said Southwest CEO Gary Kelly at the annual shareholder meeting- we don’t plan to grow our fleet”. A raise of the...

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Rome, Italy, 05/17/2012 16:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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