Southwest Airlines’ plans to expand its Las Vegas schedule this spring will press forward, despite the airline’s costly plan to upgrade technology and reimburse passengers affected by its thousands of flight cancellations in December.

The Dallas-based airline, the busiest commercial air carrier operating at Harry Reid International Airport, confirmed the expansion plans during its Thursday fourth-quarter earnings call.

“We currently plan to stick with our 2023 growth plans,” Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said in the call. “We were properly staffed for our 2022 flight schedules, including the holidays, and we continue hiring this year to be properly staffed for our 2023 flight schedules. Our plans call for adding over 7,000 new employees for 2023. Nearly all planned 2023 capacity additions will go to restoring the network adding breadth and depth in existing Southwest markets.”