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Old 04-27-2018 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by David Puddy
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...
I suspect another poster may be right. Spirit waited too long to grab a large number of bus slots and is stretching out its fleet plan and snagging the odd 320 here and there until they can place a proper order.
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