Originally Posted by Lighteningspeed

No I do not think so. If I get your question right. Mesaba cannot fly for CAL. Mesaba Saabs are going back to Saab and probably destined for Europe, is my best guess. Turboprops do not seem to be in DAL's concept of right fleet sizing. From all indications, DAL is not interested in serving small cities that are either losing money or at best generating any significant profit. DAL going into 2010 is interested in killling competitors like AirTran, or SWA from certain domestic markets by aggressively implementing 76 plus jets. DAL also seems poised to use 76 plus jets as an interim gap measure to spearhead mainline route connections out of their hubs like SLC, ATL and JFK. ie., on any given day, at SLC, you'll see 4 to 6 Mesaba CRJ9s and an array of Skywest and Comair CRJ7s and CRJ9s.