Southwest has gradually retired some of its aging Boeing 737-700s in recent years with plans to remove up to 31 in 2024. The airline updated its livery a decade ago, though just a handful of 737-700s maintained the original “Canyon Blue” colors.
This week, the last aircraft to wear the legacy livery — registered as N786SW — was retired, marking the paint scheme’s demise. The Canyon Blue colors were unveiled in 2001.
In September 2014, the Dallas-based airline moved away from the Canyon Blue livery on its fleet. The carrier unveiled a new livery, which was rolled out on a 737-800 named “Heart One.”
Several of its 737-700s were never painted in the new colors as they were set to be retired.
One Canyon Blue jet remains, but it is a retro livery. Although no 737 MAX 8s were ever originally painted in the colors, Southwest recently repainted one with a retro paint scheme, which is registered as N872CB.
N786SW was ferried to a Birmingham, Alabama, storage facility on Thursday morning.
