Originally Posted by
2010EEG
I highly doubt DL will be using it's 717's on "Shuttle" routes. Their press release specifically stated that it will use the 717's to replace CRJ2's for better capacity, which seems totally logical! Just my 2 cents worth.
And you took this to mean that DL will replace CRJ2s with 717s on the same routes? That is both illogical and unrealistic and I think you may want to consider that you've taken their press release a bit too literally.
No doubt the 717s will replace the CRJ2s in DL's overall fleet, but 70-76 seaters will most likely replace 50 seaters, 717s will replace 70-76 seaters and so on up the food chain.
I highly doubt that 717's will replace CRJ2s on routes like MSP-FSD and MSP-RST. That's just silly.