Originally Posted by
Jefferson
Short of the E145 side taking the contract as is at the end of the month (wont happen)... it is my belief that they will be sold off to United main line, or simply.. the contracts that they fly will not be re-bid. By this time next year, Express jet should be almost totally out of the E145 business, and begin rebuilding with new contracts in the E175's.. Likely, they will not be as large as they are now ever again.
I dont see all the 145s being parked by this time next year. But I definitely believe that we will much smaller than we are now. But there will always be a market for 50 seat jets, albeit at a much lower number of them.
Originally Posted by
amcnd
Easy facts here boys/girls... ASA/XJT will Merge. Only the 145XR's will stay. And ASA will loss some older timing out 200's. No new airframes for 4-5 years as costs get in line and they show operational cost and reliability for 1-2years... Thats it, easy simple no crazy spins needed...
And what about the ASA 700/900s? Those are the most viable aircraft.