Originally Posted by
FNGFO
I wonder if they are done until 2021 and beyond. We only wanted 5-6% extra growth per previous investor presentations and they just increased the fleet plan by 10%.
What happened between when this interview happened and the investor call this week?
https://airlinerwatch.com/spirit-airlines-to-buy-regional-jets-to-fill-the-gap-in-barely-served-routes/
Obviously the need to serve secondary routes still exists. There are plenty of underserved markets with decent populations not served by Spirit. Clearly Spirit does not rely on regional feed - so, an alternative would be to use efficient 100-120 seat jets to serve those markets (eg Des Moines, Spokane, Tucson, Baton Rouge, Syracuse, Burlington, Grand Rapids, Little Rock, Colorado Springs, Harrisburg, Greenville/Spartanburg, Billings, Fresno, etc.) profitably...