Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
That is a good question. If they weren't wholly owned, I think they could just paint them in their own livery and do what they want with any size airplane in a charter department. I don't know how our scope protects charter operations, but if they got some 100-seaters doing charters Delta could move alot of the narrowbody charter business to CPS.
Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
You mean like a previous 727 operator under the Nwa side...
theve spent slot of money on the conversions in our airbuses and the teams really like them, I doubt they outsource the charter ops as it's profitable as is. plus the NFL/NBA/NHL etc teams aren't going to want to fly in an E-jet, they're nowhere close to as comfy as the buses and other planes we use.
I think the latest charter contract for NBA/NHL was just signed after Champion was shut down. I also believe it is a 10 year contract, so I don't see that happening.
The previous aircraft were 727's, & now we are using specially configured 319's that hold less then 60 people. In the NW pax config they hold 124. I really don't think an E190 would do the job, as most of the NBA players can barely fit in the A319.
