Originally Posted by
da42pilot
Longer, thinner routes are economically challenging and often don’t work. This has been one of the main criticism of Bombardier vis a vis the CSeries.... the plane seems overbuilt for its typical market.
For JetBlue, the CS300 is an interesting and different strategy. This is bombardier’s real advantage—having the bigger airplane.
Overbuilt? How so? I haven’t heard that.
Regarding longer and thinner routes, by definition they tend to have less competition and therefore can drive higher yields per passenger. Add lower breakeven loadfactors with the cheaper operating costs of the CSeries and you have the potential for higher profits. Do you want more or less competition? You will likely have less competition on long, thin routes.
Regarding shorter routes, the vast majority of CSeries routes at SWISS are less than 1,000 miles (i.e., Zurich to London, Paris, Madrid and Milan). Europe is not a large area. If you are interested, you can read an article about a short SWISS CS300 flight from Zurich to Milan:
https://pilotstories.net/swiss-cs300-cockpit/
The point is that SWISS is using the CSeries successfully on both shorter and longer routes and more airlines are now interested in the airplane.