The six E170 aircraft are currently operating in service under Republic’s branded operation, Frontier Airlines. This fleet reallocation furthers the Company’s plans to remove all E170 aircraft from the Frontier operation and provides the Company the opportunity to make network adjustments and capacity reductions to create better efficiency and lower costs for the branded operation. The Company now expects 2011 capacity, as measured by ASMs, to be flat or grow up to 1% on its Frontier operations.
Translation: we'd rather fly these E170s at cost+1% for Delta than loose a single penny flying them in Frontier colors.