Originally Posted by
norskman2
Did they say why UAL likes -200s? Their CASM is outrageously high at these fuel prices.
Fuel cost per ASM is undoubtedly high. However, on overall cost, it might be comparable to larger aircraft given other cost factors are probably considerably more favorable. (i.e. crews, aircraft utilization, same-type fleet economies)
Just guessing. Maybe ATW publishes CASM for regionals. I'll check.....