Originally Posted by flyguy81

Theres only 150 or so in long term storage. The rest are in and out of short term to avoid Mx costs of getting them airworthy. We had 400 parked when we were doing 1500 flights a day. Logic says you’ll need more planes when you are flying 2800 a day (70% of normal schedule).

I guess the avg flights per airplane to be about 5/day. At 2800 flights a day that equals 560 airframes...200 or so less than we were operating pre-pandemic. If they’re going to operate planes 60% full to give people the warm fuzzies, then they’ll need extra sections as flights “fill” up. It’s stupid to buy people off a plane with empty seats when you’re worried about losing money.

Demand will get better as states and attractions reopen. All my neighbors have already bought tickets for June/July since they’re tired of being at home.