Originally Posted by
LJ Driver
Flying a Max 8 uses far less fuel than a regional, that’s why. Same reason we passed on the Max 7, got an incredible deal on the airplane and uses about the same fuel at cruise. The routes won’t totally disappear, they will be consolidated into 1-2 mainline flights.
Several of the routes were not consolidated into any mainline flights.
https://www.businessinsider.com/unit...es-2022-3?op=1
mid size cities like RAP, FSD, FAR, etc will lose 4 RJs and have them replaced by 2 737s, but a lot of the smaller cities won't see that.