Originally Posted by
shiznit
Exactly, and the fleet count is about 30-something jets shy of the 767 anyway, so it would be years before a change could increase it.
Plus the company already has agreements in place at other airlines to fly those 70 seat birds so not so easy to dump them, just to have to buy a new jet that has 6 more seats.... Not a very good business decision IMHO.
I agree that the ROI is not there to trade in a CR-7 for a CR-9, but to trade them in for a C-series flow by us would be very smart!
Also point of clarification, the CR7 is now dual class and has 66 seats so it is a gain of 10.