Originally Posted by
Too Tall
Does any one know when the contracts for the saab are up with CAL, UAL, and US air??? I have my doubts that CAL will re-new the saab contract in IAH, but will more likely be replaced with the new Qs next year.
CAL Saab is up January 2010 (8 months before 1st Q "scheduled" for delivery/ Q's up Dec 2017
Airways is on a rolling 6 month term in which either side could cancel after each 6 months, has been this way since 2008.
UAL November 2011
The Q's in IAH will take some Saab flying but there are markets where only a small turbo prop can go to make money. VCT, MLU, BPT, LCH, DRT. These markets have lighter loads that can not fill up a Saab, no less a Q or RJ. Airlines do not want to have less flights to hubs so they would rather keep a Saab doing 3-4 flights a day than a Q doing 1-2.