Originally Posted by
tennisguru
I think ATL will be one of the last 220 bases. The coming consolidation of the 717 will cover the 110 seat demand for many years plus there's not as many routes out of ATL that require that range/seat load capacity as compared to other bases. I think you'll see more 321s and 737s used in ATL instead of the 220.
I agree that makes a lot of sense. However marketing dominates things like this and flt ops is hanging on by the static wicks following orders to impliment the battle plan like Centurions at Cannae.
Maybe they'll actually take that level of comprehensive logistics into consideration this time. However the temptation to open bases to save a nickle on hotels or a milisecond in credit has proven to be too great in categories that made far less isolated sense than ATL220.