To answer the last question first: Southwest needed capacity. According to http://www.geocities.com/~aeromoe/fleets/wn.html, Southwest had the following 727's. The format is registration model c/n l/n former identity start and end dates N406BN 291 19991/521 N7276F 03/79 01/80 N551PE 227(A) 20772/982 551 N426BN 02/84 02/85 N561PE 227(A) 21043/1113 561 N436BN 08/83 08/85 N563PE 227(A) 21045/1133 563 N438BN 05/84 10/85 N564PE 227(A) 21118/1167 564 N439BN 08/83 08/85 N566PE 227(A) 21242/1196 566 N441BN 05/84 10/85 N569PE 227(A) 21245/1202 569 N444BN 05/84 09/85 David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 03:19 Subject: [AIRLINE] WN 727's > Does anyone know how many seats the WN 722s held and what routes they usually > flew. Also, how long were they in the fleet (both times). Finally, what in > the hell was the point, why were they flying them? Please no 727 slobberfests > on this one