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Old 04-19-2021, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Hedley View Post
Not necessarily. Years ago the small town where my parents lived was served by 3 flights a day with Beech 1900’s. Those people now drive 2 hours to cities served by larger aircraft because the market could not support the larger 50 seat jets. The airlines will go where the money is with the equipment that is available. If smaller markets can’t support 70/76 seat jets, they will be phased out as the 50 seat jets are eventually retired and the remaining assets will serve viable markets.
Counter point: the number of 50 seaters today speaks to the market that exists right now. There are some airports that have phased out service, but there are tons of small cities that United makes a profit off of. UA makes a lot of money off small markets, and while some might go, no way they're giving up on them all. So they either they have to upgauge and reduce frequency, or find another small aircraft solution.
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