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Old 03-09-2013, 05:02 PM
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Well I heard this rumor and verified it with my contacts in St. George. Why would Skywest buy 5 CRJ900 aircraft in the hopes of earning a codeshare? I assume these were for US airways but we all know that Mesa was awarded that flying. These 5 airplanes are sitting in Tucson and are still painted in the Air Mekong colors. If these 900s are just sitting around, for a total of approx. $750,000 in payments a month without earning revenue. Wondering what the plan is for these?
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I would guess Alaska Airlines...
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Next time I am in Tucson I will have to ask around at the hangar.
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Originally Posted by Telex69
Well I heard this rumor and verified it with my contacts in St. George. Why would Skywest buy 5 CRJ900 aircraft in the hopes of earning a codeshare? I assume these were for US airways but we all know that Mesa was awarded that flying. These 5 airplanes are sitting in Tucson and are still painted in the Air Mekong colors. If these 900s are just sitting around, for a total of approx. $750,000 in payments a month without earning revenue. Wondering what the plan is for these?
I thought Air Mekong only had 4 CRJ900s. Did they add a spare at some point?
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Old 03-09-2013, 05:11 PM
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Didn't Skywest lease the CRJ900s to Air Mekong? Air Mekong went Tango Uniform, so they probably just took them back.

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Originally Posted by Telex69
Well I heard this rumor and verified it with my contacts in St. George. Why would Skywest buy 5 CRJ900 aircraft in the hopes of earning a codeshare? I assume these were for US airways but we all know that Mesa was awarded that flying. These 5 airplanes are sitting in Tucson and are still painted in the Air Mekong colors. If these 900s are just sitting around, for a total of approx. $750,000 in payments a month without earning revenue. Wondering what the plan is for these?
Your "contacts" in SGU are worthless. Those CRJ900s have been around for a while, they just have been flying in Vietnam.
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Well if Skywest took them back how much is this costing the company?
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Ya they didn't just buy them, they have been around for a while
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A quick google search shows these aircraft were leased from Skywest so they are being returned.
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Well if Skywest took them back how much is this costing the company?
Don't worry about that small fry.

Your source just burned you on these boards! You need to do a bit of research before you post.
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