Originally Posted by
SlamClicker
The 220 is mostly growth into markets the RJ can’t/won’t do, DL regional partners are still scoped - they may park the old comair 700s but something in the same market will replace them. That being said we are talking about a airline that operates 30+ year old airplanes because they are paid for.
I have flown almost every route announced for the a220 in a 7/9 (except NY flying). I think DL will largely replace the -200s they have now, in the last 6 years they have gone from what 300+ 50 seaters to 120. SKW just announced they will retire many of their 700s and replace them with 70 seat -900s (skw 700s are newer than the G7 planes). As for the 30 year old planes the md-80s are going away and the 757s do what 3-4 cycles a day vs the 6-8 the rj does.