Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
More likely these are replacement jets for Frontier / Midwest and part of his strategy to have his own brand as a hedge against fee for departure contracts which reply on the health and inclination of the major partner.
Continental Express, Coex, or XJT or Expressjet, whatever the kids call it these days, showed the wave of the future when it entered in with that deal with Delta didn't it?
Originally Posted by
Boomer
Absolutely. But which is Plan A and which is Plan B?
Are Frontier's Airbusesses old enough to require replacement in 4 years, even if the C-series sips fuel?
Well, Frontier scrapped a 6 year old Airbus A318 back in 2009. I thought I once saw the picture but I can't find it, here is a thread google returned for me. So all that to say, who the heck knows. You could probably scrap their A318s and make more money selling the parts then trying to sell the planes while the 319s and 320s can come on over to us. We love used planes.
Sad Day---New Airbus 318 Being Scrapped! — Civil Aviation Forum | Airliners.net
Originally Posted by
Boomer
He's an 8-stripe... 4 on each side.
He doesn't even need a flashlight to preflight static wicks in broad daylight.
Boomer fits right in.
8 stripe. Oh 'shmack'. I think I know 8 stripers.
Did I spell that right? Did I just say I know 8 exotic dancers or just people who think they're 2x a Captain? Let me go google.