Originally Posted by
gloopy
Maybe, but I think Eagle has a lot more to be worried about by this than we do. The only firm(ish) orders are for I think 40 E175's, the rest are options, and they are openly admitting the options are for future ACMI contracts. DL I think still has some room in the existing numbers to allow some growth in that sector, but their big score will be inking an expanded UAL contract and especially going big into the final feeder frontier before they go IndyAir and implode down the road...large RJ's for AA.
It's 100 firm orders and another 100 options. 40 will start being delivered April 2014 for a 12 yr CPA with United. They will be flown by Skywest Airlines. I don't think any of these are intended to be flown for Delta.