Originally Posted by
Hou757
Afraid you have the wrong person there chief. No where have I seen Skywest say they are shutting down XJT in 2017. All they post is when the CPA expires. We've seen several short term extensions over the years and I'm afraid that is all we shall see in the near future. They have stated many times that they see a viable demand for 50 seat lift into the future. I dont see anywhere that they say they are shutting down XJT. If you are so sure that is happening then you should be long gone to Commutair or somewhere else!
According to the last 10Q, there haven't been any short term extensions. But I do agree there will be a viable 50 seat market. UAL has a press release stating they are planning on having less than 100 fifty seat regional jets by 2019. UAL has given TSA 40 of the 145s (plus the dozen they already had flying for UAL) and Commutair another 40 more. And Skywest also operates 54 CRJ 200s for UAL as well. That all points in one direction to me. But that's just my educated guess. I could be wrong. I could just hope...