Southwest Airlines expects (28-Jan-2021) to receive 35 Boeing737 MAX 8 deliveries in 2021 including 16 leased aircraft, seven of which were delivered in Dec-2020. The company continues to evaluate its longer term fleet needs and continues discussions with Boeing to restructure its order book beyond 2021. In addition to the expected MAX deliveries, Southwest has 230 firm orders and 115 options for MAX aircraft remaining in its contractual order book beyond 2021. [more – original PR]