Originally Posted by
jerryleber
United has 121 A319/B737s with 126 seats. Delta is replacing their 88 110-seat 717s with 100 A220-300s with 130 seats. The 45 Delta A220-100s have 109 seats and they have 57 A319s with 132 seats.
Delta currently has 188 active A319/717/A220 including 26 A220-300 which fly in the same routes the 100 does.
United has 120 A319 and 737-700. I’m not trying to say anything other than pointing out that United has to rely more heavily on 76 seat aircraft right now than delta does. That is all in terms of a raw number perspective.
The A220 is the only “mainline” new aircraft that airlines can order to enter into the RJ market. I’ve flown upfront on an A220 while an LCP was flying it. I picked his brain for 2 and a half hours. We carried 110 people on the same leg length that I flew with 76 people and had the exact same fuel load. It sips gas. It’s comfortable upfront too.
A 737-Max9 is not a regional aircraft substitute.