Originally Posted by
TallFlyer
And I'm willing to bet a lot more that aircraft type has very little to do with what an airline charges for a given ticket. I suggest doing a little research on yield management.
Eh, don't think so either. Pretty sure the cost to move one seat a given distance is more expensive on a regional aircraft than a mainline one. Having large regional fleets have allowed airlines to sell frequency and flexibility, which thus far has proven easier to sell that one mainline flight at a lower cost into a given smaller destination.
To your first point, I believe that is what I am trying to say.
To the second point, you probably know more about it than I do. What I meant was they make more money using the regional 175 vs a 175 flown by mainline pilots because of lower payroll which is a huge expense for companies.
More and more we see routes flown by regionals vs. mainline, and I'm not talking small destinations either, I'm talking like IAH to ORD, DFW -IAD. Why would they be doing this if it wasn't making them more money.