Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
I don’t know when people are going to realize we already fly regional jet type routes. 80% of the east coast flying is less than 2 hours.
An A220 would not be relegated to 45 minutes block shuttle duties, that’s now where it makes money. It will do the same routes we already do on a 319 but burn less gas. It will make seasonal routes profitable to operate for more time. It can do long and thin routes between our vacation cities like MSY and FLL and MCO and places like Des Moines and Burlington. Why? because it burns less gas. If you think just because it’s a “glorified RJ” that it will be stuck puddle jumping sub 500 mile routes, you don’t really understand this plane’s niche in the market.
Exactly. This airplane provides “optionality.” It’s so versatile it can fly short or longer flights interchangeably - and more profitably than the A319. The A220-300 could easily fly a few short East Coast sectors and then FLL-PDX/SEA/LAX/BUR/SAN with 150-160 pax. This is why David Neeleman (JB founder) just ordered 60 A220-300s for his new Moxy start-up. This type of airplane opens up a lot of profitable route pairings.