Southwest is selling a handful of Boeing 737-800 aircraft as the carrier drops its full-year profit plan. The Dallas-based airline reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday.
Earlier this year, Southwest leadership said the airline was looking to sell 10 737-800s. The carrier now plans to sell five 737-800s in the second half of 2025.
The airline has a total of 203 737-800s, which have an average age of 10 years. As Boeing has increased the delivery of new 737 MAX 8 aircraft, Southwest said Thursday that it will retire roughly 55 aircraft in 2025.
More Aircraft Sales
Southwest’s chief financial officer, Tom Doxey, added during the carrier’s second-quarter earnings call that more aircraft sales are in the pipeline.
“With these incremental deliveries, we now expect to retire roughly 55 aircraft in 2025, an increase of about five from the previous estimate,” he said. “And this also includes five 737-800 aircraft that we expect to sell this year. And just recently, we also executed agreements for the sale of eight 737-800 aircraft that will occur in the first half of 2026. And we’re in the process of negotiating additional sales transactions.”
The airline hopes to become an all-737 MAX operator by early 2030, retiring 737-700 and 737-800 aircraft.
