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Old 05-04-2014 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by TheManager
It sounds like we will see targeted cancellations at the regionals now. It will only get worse, and much worse before all the contracts sunset. As we add 717s, that helps dampen the problem. But when the 717 are all here, then we are right back in this mess, baring an order now for more similarly sized jets.
Hmmm...

Another gap Delta would like to fill is a good 115-120-seat aircraft, slightly larger than the Boeing 717s that is currently taking over from AirTran. “The 737-700 is not economical and the -800 is too large,” Anderson says. One option could be the Bombardier C-Series and Delta has looked at the geared turbofan (GTF) engine in particular.