Originally Posted by
GrassLandings
SKW is getting 19 E175's for DL. Yet to hear where the are going.
?SkyWest, Inc. orders 19 additional E175s to fly for Delta Air Lines
But they are losing or parking their 19 CRJ700's as I recall. No idea if those are DL or Skywest owned birds. They are/were based in SLC. I cannot seem to find a link to that article at the moment. Not saying the 175's are going to SLC, just details/info I guess. In fact it appears every SKW guy I know says they are not going to SLC. But with the customer satisfaction with the 175, it doesn't surprise me at all its a one for one trade essentially.
To my knowledge we aren't losing any of our DL 700s, just a portion of our UA birds that are coming off contract. 8 of them are being converted to the Delta system this year, but that is most likely to replace the older QX 700s flying on the Delta side. We will have a net reduction in 700s this year(UA/AS), but to the best of my knowledge not on the DL side.