Originally Posted by
amcnd
OO does plenty of short routes... sea-yvr/psc/pdx. And tons of short inter California... the real reason is support. Look at OO MX basses. If a QX plane breakes in MKE... They are screweed. OO has a mx base there. Same for all the DAL east coast flying... I agree with the statement that more then 30 Ejets at QX is iffy right now.. AS is in buyers remorse over VX and to much capacity....
Upcoming QX & OO rout schedules are public knowledge. You should check it out. The ratio of longer routs is overwhelmingly in favor of OO.
The MX point you made is legit and part of the equation. Those longer routs were never meant to go to QX. If OO found it profitable to pick up the Q400 routs, AG would give it to them too. The only reason QX Jets came on property is because OO wouldn’t commit to the Q400 routs.