Based on some stuff I heard from a management brief at TK last week, I think it is two-part:

1. Supposedly, the Bus has better lift at hot and high airports. Not DEN, which has plenty of runway, but Central America.

2. (This one wasn't a direct statement, but pieced together): Only 36% of the 737 fleet has wifi, or any entertainment at all, from my understanding! However, all the A-320s and A-319s do.

Question: do you put a bare-bones (but new) airplane on an international route, where people are bored silly, and lose revenue, since international is where we make most of our money?

Or do you put them on short 1-2 hour flights domestically?

I kind of think it is the latter.

There was a rumor the Company is looking at used Airbuses/Airbii. Also, from multiple sources (including management), hiring is going to go up to 80 a month for nearly two years. Block hours going up slightly (1%).

Just passing it along. Not sure how they would handle the training load. But they seem pretty serious about it.