Originally Posted by
Counselor
Is Skywest still planning to take those Mitsubishi RJ's? Have any actually been built/test flown yet? What part of the fleet are they intended to replace?
Presumably they'll replace CRJs as they age out. Also "widebody" RJs are all the rage now since pax hate the narrow ones, so you could see even some newer 700/900s replaced with ERJ/MRJ. Despite the fact that narrow = less drag and less fuel burn.
MRJ are still on order as far as I know, as are a whole bunch of ERJ's. But that kind of order is not really firm...it gives the "purchaser" a place in line for production slots but they can probably cancel as needed with little or no penalty. SKW has nothing to lose by placing those orders...it will help them win new business, and if they don't win any new business they'll be bankrupt in a few years anyway as their current long-term contracts all expire.