There are several thngs going on here, IMO. 1) Southwest is short of planes. 34 MAXs are grounded and probably another 25-30 were to be delivered between March and now, and were not due to the grounding. 2) Hawaii is important and Southwest has announced it is moving forward with expansion plans. To do this Southwest has to get planes from somewhere. As far as what's going to happen in January and February, wait til 8/15 and you should have some insight. That's the currently scheduled date for the January/February schedule extension. After that, wait til after the MAX grounding is lifted an SW gets a bunch of planes back to see what it will do with them.
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