Originally Posted by
Rainman37
It’s a much heavier aircraft and with the neo engines has a lot of excess performance that isn’t being utilized on low passenger count short haul routes. It’s a fine aircraft but it’s just a product of airline economics of the 90s and early 2000s. The 319 is much more suited for short runway high altitude airports. The A220 is much more economical in the day to day operations.
What you can do with the 319neo you can do with the 737-8. And carry 44(?) more people.
The 319 costs almost the same as a 321 but with 60 less pax. Its trip costs are slightly less of course because it's BOW is less, but it's not that much more to run a 321 and the casm is significantly less.