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#11
My thoughts exactly. The UAX side of the house is getting smaller and the block hour restrictions are getting tighter. The gauge increase sucked but it put UAX in a tighter bottle and capped it.
#12
Now just keep it there or shrink the number of airframes each contract and all new domestic needs to go to mainline.
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That was a real gem. Due to our POS bankruptcy contract, UAL was able to sell UAL seats on a bastardized Aer Lingus flight from IAD to MAD. I say bastardized because the pilots were Aer Lingus (although originally they were going to be off the street new hires), and the F/As WERE off the street new hires based in IAD. All ramp and above the wing personnel were UAL, I believe. So "our" only flights to MAD were operated by this outsourced scheme much like the United Express FFD model...only instead of an RJ, it was an A-330. Good times. A perfect example of what management is capable of.
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The only reason they are going away is because they can replace them. If they did not have the option to get the 76 seaters they would have no choice but to keep the 50 seaters longer.
Also the 70 seater is not going any where. The ability to have three class cabin in the 70 and 76 seaters allows them to do all the up sells. The ancillary income on these makes for far better economic terms then the 50 seaters.
Also the 70 seater is not going any where. The ability to have three class cabin in the 70 and 76 seaters allows them to do all the up sells. The ancillary income on these makes for far better economic terms then the 50 seaters.
Assessing the 70-90 seat regional jet sector | Leeham News and Comment
The 70-seat market is transitioning into the past; there are few remaining orders for the CRJ-700 and E-170 and none at all for the MRJ-70. The ARJ-21-70 is actually a 90-passenger aircraft in one class configuration. The paucity of orders for the CRJ-700 and the E-170 demonstrate this declining market.
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I don't get this. Did they have a change of heart?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trans-...160000262.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trans-...160000262.html
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