Originally Posted by
Broflyer
Agreed, as I understand it, nowhere has Frontier stated that they intend to return ALL airframes currently on property. Correct me if I off the mark on this, but I understood BB's statement about returning airplanes to include only those airframes who's lease terms were on the expensive side. The 4 320's we recently added from Monarch, for example, would stay. In fact, I understood that not all, but most, of the current 320's would be staying, at least initially.
Depending on who you hear from during recurrent, you could hear a final "right sized" fleet number between 150-200 airplanes, eventually.
That being said, if Frontier's biggest obstacle right now is getting airplanes and training pilots to fill the seats at a pace to keep up with Indigo's aggressive growth plans, it's hard to imagine returning airframes just because a newer one arrived (unless returning said airframe terminates an unfavorable lease.)
But all I do is dangle the Dunlop's. I'm usually the last to know any of the cool stuff.
I think they will renegotiate the "expensive leases" on some of the 320s, and on others maybe not. So long as they can continue to make money with those airframes, I'd say they stick around. This company is eager for extra airframes with their new seat configuration. On that note, I'm curious if we'll ever see A319 with the new seat config? I've only seen it in the A320s.