Southwest Airlines is adding seats back to its Boeing 737 fleet, reversing a 2012 decision that cost the airline an estimated $60 million in lost revenue capacity.
Breeze Airways is expanding with 11 new routes and 3 new cities, betting that right-sized aircraft and point-to-point service can succeed where the majors failed.
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 is now flying leisure routes approaching 4,000 miles in 2026, reshaping how airlines think about international narrow-body operations.