Originally Posted by
tennisguru
There has been zero discussion of that. The 220 doesn’t even do a single revenue flight into or out of ATL, and I don’t think you’ll see it for a long time. The 717 covers the short stage lengths that warrant 110 seats, and anything longer that the 220 is good on has enough connecting demand through ATL to justify the seating capacity of a 737 or 320/321.
I don’t expect there to be an ATL 220 base until after 2030 when the 717s finally get parked.
220 is a great fleet for longer routes as well. Long skinny routes when I flew it. Sure not ATL-LAX or something that requires a lot of seats, but it definitely not meant to be a 717 replacement entirely. It does well sipping gas on 2-3 hour routes and especially in markets we try to grow in (like Dallas or Chicago for example).