Originally Posted by
johnso29
The 50 seater does have a higher CASM, but it makes money on certain routes. So while they're despised by many, they will still be used.
The routes I see the CR2 flying where it makes a lot of money are things like ATL-SDF or ATL-ROA or ATL-PHF, where it's the only option. If you say SDF-ATL-LAX or ROA-LAX or PHF-LAX, the ticket prices stay the same or even go down.
And I suspect if it's the only option, a CR7 or CR9 would work there too. They probably don't have enough of them, but they will soon!
