Originally Posted by
David Puddy
Regardless, if Ed is sincerely interested in improving the inflight experience for business travelers, the 717 will need an interior upgrade. Either that or start rotating more A220s through ATL to serve more business markets. I talk to business travelers in the Dallas area who love the A220 for flights to LGA & BOS.
It’s not going to happen…they will upgauge to 737-8 or A319/320. And those will be replaced by 737-9 and 321s on those plane’s original routes, etc.
The 220 allows us to provide an enhanced experience on long, skinny routes. DFW-BOS is a great example, as DFW is AA country, and it allows us to compete for business travelers out of there.
There is much less money to be made on routes like ATL- MLB/ASH/TLH/GPT/LIT where ticket prices are the driving factor.
I admire your 220 fandom, but the 220 simply won’t be coming to ATL anytime soon.