Originally Posted by
DenainaPilot
I think the 7s are a pipe dream, the 8s have proven they can go everywhere the 700s used to, and they are far more flexible. In my opinion 7s make sense if you’re going to cattle car them a la Southwest and Ryan. Who knows though, I’d be pleasantly surprised and not unhappy to see the here.
Assuming equal production availability, it will come down to economics, which is variable depending on the mission. Lots of number crunching needed, far more than we could do on web forums.
In some cases it can make sense to operate a larger airframe below full capacity, even though it costs more up front and burns more gas, just to have the ASM's during lucrative peak travel periods. Again, lots of numbers to crunch.