Originally Posted by
sigler
What is still not clear to me is whether these 20 175s are the same that were announced by United a couple of months ago. United’s announcement back then said they bought the airplanes and would choose one of their feeders to fly them; Mesa’s announcement says they (Mesa) bought the airplanes. So are these the 20+19 United bought new from Embraer a few months ago or is this a whole different deal?
This is what I am trying to figure out. If you read the public communication from both companies it appears that its 2 different orders.