During your Holiday Season travels you may notice something a little different with two of our Boeing 737-700s. Southwest Airlines just recently purchased two 737s from the Ford Motor Company, and they spent some time in our Dallas Maintenance hangars getting retrofitted to match the rest of our fleet. However, these two birds are from a different flock. The interior of both airplanes are where you will see the biggest difference, and while they still have our cool looking leather seats, they are just situated differently The aft galley area is noticeably different, something I know our Flight Attendants will notice right away. Aircraft N270WN has been painted with the Spirit colors to match our fleet, but N271LV won't be painted in the Spirit scheme until 2007. Both airplanes will be totally retrofitted during the full overhaul that's scheduled for 2007. 
Now don't you worry... for all that's different with these aircraft, there's one thing that will remain the same, and that is our great Customer Service. Happy Holidays. Paul Thompson in our Aircraft Performance Improvement group has provided some additional interior and exterior photos of the Ford Aircraft: 
Contributor Kim Seale sent these pics of N217LV that were shot during his recent trip to Lubbock. 
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DIFFERENT, YET THE SAME
By: Gordon Guillory
Dec 06
2006
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I understand these aircraft have fewer seats (125?). Is that because of the different galley configuration?
Where ever Alan Mullally goes, hes still selling airplanes! :) Congrats on still flying Boeing. Does that bring the total to four hundred seventy 737s?
Dak, I count 479 through Oct. Boeing doesn't have nov up yet.
Adam, yes.
There aren't any blended winglets or HUDs either.
Have to make some revenue before more expenditures ;-)
As opposed to the 737 here -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/43323231@N00/312725773/ -- which appears to be slowly getting its new paint job.
Glad to see you are buying, not selling.
When Muse and Morris joined SWA there were some weird looking planes for a while too.
Keep up the good work
THE AISLES ARE WIDER ON THESE AIRPLANES!!! Does anybody in MX or A&P want to explain WHY??? We are dying to know! :-)
Matt
BWI F/A
They both have 128 seats Adam, we're missing 3 sets of seats until they are reconfigured.
Gordon, Gordon, Gordon... Sigh.
How about some photos of the interior, since - "The interior of both airplanes are where you will see the biggest difference"
The aisles will feel plenty narrow again after the holidays have passed, Matt. Just enjoy the extra hip-room while you can. ;-)
LOL...I don't eat THAT much Adam! lol
Seriously though, they seem QUITE a bit wider than ours? Does anybody have an answer???
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