Originally Posted by
greedyairlineexec
in this day of $120 barrel of oil a 50 seater does not make money for anyone.you are not going to see a code share of JB with any 50 seater operator. the reason we had those few xpress jet planes flying a while back when we had the 190 maintenance issue was because embraer paid for it,not us, so we could give the tickets away and it cost us nothing.
If you only sell 50 seats on a flight, your E190 will lose more money than the ERJ-145. 50-seaters will always make more money than your planes when the seat sold equals 50 seats or less, unless you fly a E190 that burns the same gas per hour and other costs are the same.