Originally Posted by
Hedley
if UAX got the full allotment of 70/76 seaters (about 70 planes), they would have to park around 250 of the 50 seat jets. ... I wouldn’t hold my breath for additional rj’s coming from a NSNB.
Me neither, but I'd like to see it.
Parking a large number of (suddenly very weight restricted) 50-seat jets combined with 88+ NSNB at UAL in exchange for 70 additional E175s at UX looks like a pretty good tradeoff to me. It would also significant improve the customer experience on routes served by smaller RJs which would be very popular with our passengers.