Originally Posted by
ArrJay
Just flew into Yuma today and read on the front page of the Yuma Sun that 'united' is no longer flying to Yuma starting Dec. Any other known bro routes getting shut down?
Originally Posted by
rcfd13
CIC is done in December. SMF-ACV is getting cut. The whole PDX base closes in September. I've seen SFO-SBA and LAX-SBA united flights in RJ bid packages the last 2 months too. Those flights were all Brasilia the whole time I flew the Bro. It seems bad all around for that plane.
Word is that most, if not all, EMBs will be retired by the end of 2015. It's becoming too expensive to replace the prop blades, and the only company that manufactures them is lucky to churn one out in less then two weeks. I'm sure a good portion of that flying will transition to pro-rate on the CRJ2.