Originally Posted by tennisguru

Probably a while. While the A220-100 seats the same as a 717, it is not a 717 replacement. The 717 is the short haul workhorse. Only a handful of flights are scheduled over 2 hours in the air. 8-10 cycles a day. The A220 does mostly long and thin routes. We’re not going to run 8 flights a day ATL-CAE on a 220. Most long routes out of ATL have enough demand to fill a 320/321 or 737. Whenever the 717s go away I’ll bet 50%+ of those routes get upgaged to a 737, 30-40% to the real Airbii, and only 10-20% end up on the 220.