Originally Posted by
whoareyou311
thoughts on latest "ask ED anything"??...where he finally addresses the c series 100 usage. He says not a MD-88 replacement, but a replacement for more 50 seaters but also 70 seaters...someone is going to lose out.
I think it's a canned answer. Delta has always wanted to move away from 50 seat flying and I can understand why. 9E is the only one pulling 50 seaters out of the desert while other regionals are starting to put theirs away.
Speculation: I think that 50 seat flying will move to 9E exclusively before it goes away entirely. That will probably take about 5-8 years to accomplish completely. As for 70 seat flying I think that's a toss up. 9E being absorbed by Delta is, frankly, a fantasy. I could see 9E moving into the 100 seat market but I don't see them going away and there is a demand at spoke airports for small regional jets. IMHO 70 seat flying is going to be around for many years to come and so is Endeavor.