Originally Posted by
gloopy
I'd agree with that as long as that price holds. But what will the pricing effect be of that many 717's instantly dumped on the market? I doubt the few existing 717 operators will have anywhere remotely close to the demand level to make an upward dent in the pricing power of those very used, very orphaned planes. Sure Hawaiian may want a few and the occasional micro ULCC somewhere, but not nearly 100 of them.
There may be a very realistic price point by then for most of them that would still entice DL to keep them.
Exactly. Delta does not want to give UAL or AMR a plane that they can use to level the playing field in the 110 seat market. So I would be very surprised to see DAL let these hit the open market.
I could see these being earmarked in a 737/797/etc order in the future. Having said that, direct from the horses mouth these are PLANNED to be out of service in 2025. Just like the MD88 fleet was supposed to wind down by the end of 2017. So the “we are parking them in 3-4 years” is not accurate per the base visit presentation in Dec/Jan.
This would be a good thing to cover in one of your skyhub videos if any of you use that (I do not).