Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
Wait a minute, the 50 seaters started to magically become less appealing when the price of oil was 150 dollars a barrel, now pretty much every major is reconsidering. No doubt CRJ9s are becoming very appealing but using your example of having only 12 aboard, which airplane will be more economical a 50 or 70 seater?
What is more appealing is having less flights with more seats. (70 or ninety seaters). We all know the 70 and 90 seaters are much more economical, we don't need to argue that. Less flights would prevent the 12 passenger example. It's just a matter of time until more 70 and 90 seaters are out there to drive out the 50 seat market. We also know the majors are more favorable to 70 and 90 seaters than 50 seaters and they are doing everything they can to cut down on fifty seat operations. The price of oil has nothing to do with it, now it's the economy. The airplanes aren't getting filled 100% of the time, which is the ultimate goal. If the economy was good, the price of oil would be high anyways, so what's the difference? At the end of the day the most efficient airplanes with the most passengers win, and it isn't the 50n seaters. For those of you who know already I'm sorry for saying this but the 700 doesn't burn much more than the 200 and it's 10 times the airplane and carries more people and almost never has weight and balance issues.