Originally Posted by
David Puddy
Without long range fuel tanks (not sure how many you need) like you find on the new VIP A220, getting back from Europe might be a challenge. Who knows. Flying westbound around the states “should” work but depends on a lot of factors including loads and winds as you know. If the flights prove popular, they will need to consider loads and performance. Time will tell if it works.
Wouldn’t surprise me about the XLR talk. Neeleman operates plenty of mixed fleets at different airlines and he probably wants the flexibility.
Do you actually believe what you're saying?? 321XLR's.....lol, they haven't even figured out how to operate the 220's they have let alone something bigger. Oh and the wait for any A320 variant is locked up until at least 2027.
The 190's couldn't make money on their current routes that's why you see them start flying and a month or 2 later they pull out. Same thing is going to happen with this West coast flying, they cannot possibly make money flying these routes even with a full aircraft either way. I heard our break even factor at Spirit is around 70 pax on transcon routes.