Originally Posted by
GA2Jets
I can't wrap my head around this: other than limitations from scope, why would the majors not max out their small aircraft flying? The more you fill up a plane the better right? So since demand is lowered, wouldn't you want to reduce seats on a route by using smaller aircraft? Not to mention cheaper labor...
because they can reduce frequency and fly to a city once or twice a day on a 120 seat jet rather then 4-5 times a day on a 50 seat jet.