Originally Posted by
flyguy81
220 is a way better plane than the 190. Order book is ridiculous for the 220 and there’s a reason nobody’s bought many 190’s. Buying Breeze would get you at the front of the line though…they should’ve put an order in during Covid after the rolling delays started. I don’t care if the -7 shows up or not….I want mgt to quit slacking off and make a damn decision already. Jr people are getting their asses handed to them due to **** poor decisions from HQ.
220 is a great airplane and comparable to the Max-7 in range and payload. But I don't think we should discount the E190 E2.
We would be the first US carrier to operate it. The legacies scope language prevent it from being outsourced to the regionals and for whatever the reason don't want to operate them at the mainline.
But even without transcon range it's a heck of a nice platform and very customer friendly. I agree that before we venture into more than a handful
of heavies, we need a ~100 seat airplane to go into the myriad of small cities we don't already serve and would NEED to serve to provide incremental feed to the heavy during the slow season. Knoxville, Greensboro, Roanoke, Burlington, Syracuse... you name it. There's opportunity in them thar hills!