Originally Posted by
piloto2
Would they favor one that they already hive a financial stake in or would they possibly keep two around for some competition (whipsaw)?
There's also the aircraft ownership picture. According to the UA 2019 annual report,
https://ir.united.com/static-files/1...c-d0e4d407f9cf page 23,
as of end Dec 2019, UA was operating 175 ERJ-175s, 168s of which they own (the other 7 were owned by TSA, so those are off the list of UA planes now). At the same time, they were "operating" 133 CRJ-200s, 70 owned by SKW and 63 owned by AWAC.
Seems like they'd be more inclined to use the airplanes they already own vs parking those and paying for someone else's planes to be flown. What we don't know is the duration and strength of the contracts UA has with AWAC and SKW for the -200s.