Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
I was referring to DAL not wanting E170. Don't care about whether RAH wants them or not. DAL has not ordered any E 170s or E175 to my knowledge for anyone, and if they did, they will cancel that order now that the price of oil has reached $120/barrel and keeps going up. NWA is having a second thought about E175s they have on order for Compass. They are testing between Mesaba CRJ9 and Compass E175 to see which one is more cost effective, and I've been told so far CRJ9 is winning out.
DAL contracted with RAH to fly additional 175s for them. The deliveries start later this year. RAH buys the airplanes and then operates them for the codeshare. DAL will not actually buy the aircraft as they have for other deals.