Originally Posted by
snippercr
2 Questions on that from a non-RAH person. Didnt Delta say they wanted to extend the -145 operations? Something like ~30 airplanes? Add the 50 175s for United, even with the parking of the Qs isn't that a net gain of airplanes?
Also, someone posted that only 41 of the 47 175s doing "American Eagle" will be flying this summer. Is this due to staffing (giving flying back to AAG) or just how the schedule worked out?
Per the latest earnings report, DAL only renewed 24 of the 145s. RAH is still parking the Q400s and E190s, so when all said and done it's a gain of 40ish airplanes.
It's typical for a few planes to be out of service every month for scheduled maintenance or whatnot. Six seems like a lot though, and the company has admitted it asked all its mainline carriers to reduce flying this summer.