CEO Gary Kelly: Southwest Airlines has 'hundreds of airplanes of growth still available'
CEO Gary Kelly: Southwest Airlines has ‘hundreds of airplanes of growth still available’ The Dallas-based carrier has added 17 new destinations since the COVID-19 pandemic and could need even more planes as travel recovers to fill out schedules. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly boarding a plane at Houston Hobby Airport in June to visit employees.(Stephen M. Keller / Southwest Airlines) 6:00 AM on May 27, 2021 CDT Southwest Airlines has room to expand its fleet by nearly 500 new airplanes after adding more than a dozen new destinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the most aggressive gr...