Originally Posted by
Njflyguy
At least with AA, they are dropping Air Whiskey flying starting April, and permanently parked 43 E145s in Q4. 100% utilization of a reduced fleet size is still fewer seats.
Word games...
100% full utilization.... of in use aircraft.
Back to pre Covid levels is still short as the parking began well before covid.
Most regionals still have plenty of aircraft pickled and parked. BY md 2023 over 500 regional jets from across the industry were parked. By September 2024 there were still 370 Regional aircraft in storage. We haven't pulled 370 that many back by a long shot in less than 4 months.