Originally Posted by
AirWillie
Right now, Mesa has 177 airplanes to its name. Incredibly, a whopping 52 of those are parked:
* 20 Beechcraft 1900 19 seat turboprops haven’t been used for a long time
* 3 Bombardier Dash-8 turboprops have joined them
* 17 Bombardier CRJ-200 50 seat jets are sitting in the desert
* 12 Embraer ERJ-145 50 seat jets are parked
In addition to that, United will be ending its contract for 7 Dash 8s and 18 CRJ-200s in the near future. Mesa says it wants to ditch those 76 airplanes. That will leave them with a mere 101 airplanes left as follows.
* 6 Bombardier Dash-8s with US Airways
* 8 Bombardier CRJ-200s with US Airways
* 5 Bombardier CRJ-200s with go!
* 22 Embraer ERJ-145s with Delta
* 2 Embraer ERJ-145s subleased out
* 20 Bombardier CRJ-700s with United
* 38 Bombardier CRJ-900s with US Airways
Free jets anyone? Get your free jets. By 3 get 1 free.
I know Piedmont wouldn't mind taking those Dash 8s off their hands
