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Old 04-28-2020, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DBono View Post
Are they in bad shape? Honest question. At least all 36 are XRs. I'm assuming they're all dual FMS? I hope. According to this
https://sites.google.com/site/united...fleet-tracking
they are all 2002-2004 airplanes, so newer than most of the XJT LR fleet.

I was sort of hoping XJT could park all the single FMS airplanes, then as many LRs as possible and just operate XRs for a while. All nice thoughts since it won't matter soon anyway.
The xr will be the last to go.
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Old 04-28-2020, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by klondike View Post
I wouldn’t characterize them as being in “bad shape.”
That is, of course, a subjective term.

They are 20 year old airframes though that have been used and abused like street-corner *****s.

As has been said in other threads, passengers hate them. (50 seat Regional Jets)

As for them being XR’s rather than LR’s.... Joe Public couldn’t care less since most, if not at all of them, cannot tell the difference between the two.

I don’t know exactly how many of the TransStates birds have dual FMS.
We never bump pax or is on xrs. All xrs are dual fms.
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Old 05-01-2020, 11:03 AM
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I was in Dulles the other day and saw Commutair, Air Wisconsin, Mesa, Gojet, and Republic planes all parked near eachother waiting to load up passengers. It really made me realize the amount market overlap United has between it's regionals. It seems incredibly inefficient to have that many feeders serving the same airport. 2-3? That seems manageable, but 5? I personally think United's regional model will look very different when all of this is over with. There is speculation that they will follow what Delta did with simplifying their regional flying and split it up by different regions. I could see something like this working out for them:

-Expressjet: CRJ-550's - EWR, DEN, IAH

-Skywest: 175's- West Coast + ORD , (CRJ7 - DEN?)

-Republic: 175's- EWR, ORD, IAH

-Mesa: 175's- IAD, IAH

I think all of the CRJ-200's and 145's will be parked. Those routes, if still around, could be served with a CRJ-550.

Just pure speculation, but after the town hall announcement of 50 seat flying going away, I'm not too sure what to think about C5, and AWI. Also seeing that 2 out of the 3 Trans States Holdings operations have gone under, it really makes you wonder how serious they are about keeping Gojet running. Since United owns 49% of Expressjet (Mana Air), and did initially award them the 175's, it makes me think that they are still interested in working with them. The 175's being taken away did seem like a major blow, but it could have just been a piece to the puzzle. Also, doesn't Expressjet still have a CRJ program? If so, I imagine you guys could easily take on the CRJ-550 if asked to do so. Just my 2 cents as I sit at home bored during quarantine.
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Old 05-01-2020, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by OffAtTango View Post
I was in Dulles the other day and saw Commutair, Air Wisconsin, Mesa, Gojet, and Republic planes all parked near eachother waiting to load up passengers. It really made me realize the amount market overlap United has between it's regionals. It seems incredibly inefficient to have that many feeders serving the same airport. 2-3? That seems manageable, but 5? I personally think United's regional model will look very different when all of this is over with. There is speculation that they will follow what Delta did with simplifying their regional flying and split it up by different regions. I could see something like this working out for them:

-Expressjet: CRJ-550's - EWR, DEN, IAH

-Skywest: 175's- West Coast + ORD , (CRJ7 - DEN?)

-Republic: 175's- EWR, ORD, IAH

-Mesa: 175's- IAD, IAH

I think all of the CRJ-200's and 145's will be parked. Those routes, if still around, could be served with a CRJ-550.

Just pure speculation, but after the town hall announcement of 50 seat flying going away, I'm not too sure what to think about C5, and AWI. Also seeing that 2 out of the 3 Trans States Holdings operations have gone under, it really makes you wonder how serious they are about keeping Gojet running. Since United owns 49% of Expressjet (Mana Air), and did initially award them the 175's, it makes me think that they are still interested in working with them. The 175's being taken away did seem like a major blow, but it could have just been a piece to the puzzle. Also, doesn't Expressjet still have a CRJ program? It seems like you guys could easily take on the CRJ-550 if asked to do so. Just my 2 cents as I sit at home bored during quarantine.
my guess would be Gojet expands, or Air Wisconsin gets the 550’s before XJ does...the whole type rated pilot on property may help that scenario.
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Old 05-01-2020, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by OffAtTango View Post
I was in Dulles the other day and saw Commutair, Air Wisconsin, Mesa, Gojet, and Republic planes all parked near eachother waiting to load up passengers. It really made me realize the amount market overlap United has between it's regionals. It seems incredibly inefficient to have that many feeders serving the same airport. 2-3? That seems manageable, but 5? I personally think United's regional model will look very different when all of this is over with. There is speculation that they will follow what Delta did with simplifying their regional flying and split it up by different regions. I could see something like this working out for them:

-Expressjet: CRJ-550's - EWR, DEN, IAH

-Skywest: 175's- West Coast + ORD , (CRJ7 - DEN?)

-Republic: 175's- EWR, ORD, IAH

-Mesa: 175's- IAD, IAH

I think all of the CRJ-200's and 145's will be parked. Those routes, if still around, could be served with a CRJ-550.

Just pure speculation, but after the town hall announcement of 50 seat flying going away, I'm not too sure what to think about C5, and AWI. Also seeing that 2 out of the 3 Trans States Holdings operations have gone under, it really makes you wonder how serious they are about keeping Gojet running. Since United owns 49% of Expressjet (Mana Air), and did initially award them the 175's, it makes me think that they are still interested in working with them. The 175's being taken away did seem like a major blow, but it could have just been a piece to the puzzle. Also, doesn't Expressjet still have a CRJ program? If so, I imagine you guys could easily take on the CRJ-550 if asked to do so. Just my 2 cents as I sit at home bored during quarantine.
Why would United transfer the 550’s to XJT? Wouldn’t it be cheaper to just keep them at GoJet? Also, wasn’t SkyWest going to fly some 550’s under some arrangement? If GoJet 550’s were going to transfer somewhere wouldn’t it be cheaper to transfer them to SkyWest if they already operate them?
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Old 05-01-2020, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by OffAtTango View Post
I was in Dulles the other day and saw Commutair, Air Wisconsin, Mesa, Gojet, and Republic planes all parked near eachother waiting to load up passengers. It really made me realize the amount market overlap United has between it's regionals. It seems incredibly inefficient to have that many feeders serving the same airport. 2-3? That seems manageable, but 5? I personally think United's regional model will look very different when all of this is over with. There is speculation that they will follow what Delta did with simplifying their regional flying and split it up by different regions. I could see something like this working out for them:

-Expressjet: CRJ-550's - EWR, DEN, IAH

-Skywest: 175's- West Coast + ORD , (CRJ7 - DEN?)

-Republic: 175's- EWR, ORD, IAH

-Mesa: 175's- IAD, IAH

I think all of the CRJ-200's and 145's will be parked. Those routes, if still around, could be served with a CRJ-550.

Just pure speculation, but after the town hall announcement of 50 seat flying going away, I'm not too sure what to think about C5, and AWI. Also seeing that 2 out of the 3 Trans States Holdings operations have gone under, it really makes you wonder how serious they are about keeping Gojet running. Since United owns 49% of Expressjet (Mana Air), and did initially award them the 175's, it makes me think that they are still interested in working with them. The 175's being taken away did seem like a major blow, but it could have just been a piece to the puzzle. Also, doesn't Expressjet still have a CRJ program? If so, I imagine you guys could easily take on the CRJ-550 if asked to do so. Just my 2 cents as I sit at home bored during quarantine.
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If United does decide to park the 50 seaters, XJT won't be around
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Originally Posted by OffAtTango View Post
I was in Dulles the other day and saw Commutair, Air Wisconsin, Mesa, Gojet, and Republic planes all parked near eachother waiting to load up passengers. It really made me realize the amount market overlap United has between it's regionals. It seems incredibly inefficient to have that many feeders serving the same airport. 2-3? That seems manageable, but 5? I personally think United's regional model will look very different when all of this is over with. There is speculation that they will follow what Delta did with simplifying their regional flying and split it up by different regions. I could see something like this working out for them:

-Expressjet: CRJ-550's - EWR, DEN, IAH

-Skywest: 175's- West Coast + ORD , (CRJ7 - DEN?)

-Republic: 175's- EWR, ORD, IAH

-Mesa: 175's- IAD, IAH

I think all of the CRJ-200's and 145's will be parked. Those routes, if still around, could be served with a CRJ-550.

Just pure speculation, but after the town hall announcement of 50 seat flying going away, I'm not too sure what to think about C5, and AWI. Also seeing that 2 out of the 3 Trans States Holdings operations have gone under, it really makes you wonder how serious they are about keeping Gojet running. Since United owns 49% of Expressjet (Mana Air), and did initially award them the 175's, it makes me think that they are still interested in working with them. The 175's being taken away did seem like a major blow, but it could have just been a piece to the puzzle. Also, doesn't Expressjet still have a CRJ program? If so, I imagine you guys could easily take on the CRJ-550 if asked to do so. Just my 2 cents as I sit at home bored during quarantine.
As of May 1, Air Wisconsin is no longer flying out of IAD. The base along with CAE closes June 1. Air Wisconsin is left with just ORD and MKE.
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Old 05-01-2020, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by SeeYa View Post
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If United does decide to park the 50 seaters, XJT won't be around
I hate it when someone says something like this. Esp when they're right. Although XJT does have several hundred former ASA pilots with CRJ types. CRJ training docs still in the company docs..... So maybe there's a faint glimmer of hope.
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Originally Posted by RabidW0mbat View Post
my guess would be Gojet expands, or Air Wisconsin gets the 550’s before XJ does...the whole type rated pilot on property may help that scenario.
That's what Skywest, Republic, and Mesa thought before XJT was awarded the 175.
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That's what Skywest, Republic, and Mesa thought before XJT was awarded the 175.
Best I can tell, XJT getting the 175 had a lot to do with limiting the negotiating leverage of SKYW. Whether that remains a significant factor in the post-COVID world is up for debate. At this point, it's probably a coin toss.
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