Originally Posted by
NVUS
Delta has plenty of room to expand, and will have even more room to do so once they reach their stated goal of less than 150 50-seaters for Delta Connection by the end of 2015.
United is maxed out on all larger RJs until they find a narrowbody mainline aircraft AND its on the certificate. So they can't make an announcement to operate the C-Series tomorrow and start handing out E-175 contracts to its express carriers.
Delta is just about maxed out on large RJs. Just because they're getting rid of the 50 seaters doesn't mean they can replace that lift with as many large RJs as they want. They are very close, maybe around 15-30 more large RJs, to maxing out. I wouldn't call that "plenty of room to expand". Also, why would you want them to expand? I don't know about you but it would be great if Delta increased their mainline fleet, shrunk DCI, and offered more mainline jobs.