Thread: What will happen to RAH's 170s with F9?
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Old 04-13-2008 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by STILL GROUNDED
Keep in mind that was 36 145's both at JFK and MCO. They seem to be cutting 50 seat capacity everywhere. This may be the beginning of the end of 50 seat jets.
While I agree with you that the era of certain aircraft is passing, it's not as easy as you think to just start cutting feed. A good friend of mine works for planning at a major, and he's told me time and time again that as much they want to get rid off a lot of their 50 and 37 seat jets, over 60% of their feed still justifies the means; as many of those passengers are connecting, and many of the routes that those rj's are used on are profitable international routes.

So, yes eventually the 50 seat rj will go, but I don't think it will go anytime in near future. Perhaps another 5-7 years, and it's all contingent upon fuel prices.
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