In a message yesterday, Robert Isom stated that as a result of the significant reductions we’ve made to our April schedule, we would be parking approximately 130 of our widebody aircraft and 320 of our narrowbodies. What wasn’t clear in the statement is that the 320 narrowbodies is inclusive of RJs. We are not parking 320 mainline narrowbody planes. Our apologies for any misunderstanding that may have caused.
Based on the current April schedule and considering the 55,000 plus flight cancelled in April so far, we will be flying approximately 450 fewer aircraft across our mainline andregional fleets. However, we are not placing any narrowbody aircraft in storage at this time. Instead, we will be moving those aircraft to various parking locations, so they are available as spares and ready if and when needed.
We take Scope very seriously. Schedule changes – even in these unprecedented times – don’t change that.
Kimball