Originally Posted by
crjav8er
Starting next year the PDX-SEA QX shuttle will be moved to all Q400's.
Well....starting next year and slowly moving in that direction for the next six years. As it stands now, there will be only 7 flights a day either direction that are Q400s at the end of March. That still leaves most flights Q200s.
I don't know if you were here, crjav8er, when we first got the Q400. They initially said they were going to have them on the shuttle every hour on the hour. That lasted a few months until they realized they could make more money with them on other routes. Montana routes went "instantly profitable" when switched to the Q400. I'm sure many other routes did as well. I am not holding my breath by any means that the shuttle will be all Q400 any time soon. The only way that it ever will be is when the Q200s are gone in about 7 more years. I bet they will continue to find new things to do with the Q400s as they come on line.