Originally Posted by
Broxis
I feel like they would need to get one heck of a deal in order to offset the extra costs of two fleet types. I really, really hope they aren't underestimating the costs just because AirTran did it.
Airtran did it... and then their purchaser, which many would say is very business savvy, un-did it.
To be fair, I remember seeing that the 717 was simply unable to fit into the growth that Airtran eventually went after. Namely longer range flights.