Originally Posted by
DeltaN900DE
how will the MAX 8 really do out of EYW? I am just surprised AA and UA haven’t jumped on it out out of there if it supposedly has the performance to do it. EGE wise UA already use it to DEN, albeit it’s a very short flight. Even the 738 should do EYW then, a bunch of 738’s go through SDU in Brazil which only has 4300ft.
the only thing I can think of is all but 4 of our -800s don’t have the short field package. Maybe with that it could do EYW better and with only 4 SFP -800s it’s not worth trying to keep those tails on that route.