Originally Posted by
slowplay
The aircraft fleet booklet show 618 total RJ's in the Delta system as of 1/1/12. That number is continuing to decline, as there is only 1 delivery scheduled for this year and CMR is forecast to shed at least 24 CRJ-100/200 by this fall. I believe there will be a lot more change in that segment of the industry. Pinnacle Corp and Republic are both having signficant financial problems, and Skywest, Inc isn't making any money.
Slow,
I know Delta's party line is "...we are retiring regional jets at a record pace...". But from 10/1/2010 to 10/1/2011 that "record pace" was a blistering 19 50-seat RJs.
It's my understanding that DAL has agreements with the various DCI carriers and that each has a certain number of aircraft under contract and those numbers decline over time.
If it's not too much trouble, could you (or anyone else who knows) please post how many DCI aircraft are under contract each year for say the next five years.
I'd also appreciate it if you would elaborate what your expectations of "change within that segment of the industry" are.