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Really
If RJ's work so well, (anything under 76 seats) why don't we see stand alone airlines use them exclusively? Because, they don't work on a stand alone basis! They have to be subsidized by their MAJOR partner! Just ask ExpressJet when they tried to start an independent airline that should have been called "Aquafresh Airlines" since thats what all there planes looked like. Then go ask ACA airlines how the whole "Independence Airlines" worked out? Both tanked!! Come on guys think and be rational.
Exactly right. An RJ flying pax from ROC to ORD will never make money, but connecting that ROC pax to his SIN flight does, and that is what Kirby is getting at. He needs more RJs to pump into more of these small under served towns, to bring those passengers into the system.