Originally Posted by
Lifeisgood
I heard the 321's will be "short range". Airbus asked for $20M/aircraft for (not sure) bigger fuel tank/s(?) Delta said no. So we will get 321 limited to apprx 1500 nm hard range.
To try to answer your question - ATL/DTW/NYC? Short/high density/east coast?
I was told Delta is getting the long range version of the 321. Even that version however is not a true transcon aircraft. We are getting the tanks and shark lets. American and Jetblue are making it work by limiting the number of seats. At the flight ops meeting they said the 737-900 and the 757 will be our transcon aircraft and the 321 will be more of a north south aircraft for the Florida and Caribbean markets.