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12-21-2020 | 09:10 AM
#161
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I do really like the CRJ-550 as it fixes a lot of the issues with the CRJ-200. Newer, first class and economy plus seats, and WiFi. It burns about 8% more fuel than a CRJ-200, but fuel is cheap, and just a few % revenue premium for having first class and economy plus seats more than make up for it. I’m surprised United hasn’t replaced all the CRJ-200’s with CRJ-550’s.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
12-21-2020 | 09:57 AM
#162
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I do really like the CRJ-550 as it fixes a lot of the issues with the CRJ-200. Newer, first class and economy plus seats, and WiFi. It burns about 8% more fuel than a CRJ-200, but fuel is cheap, and just a few % revenue premium for having first class and economy plus seats more than make up for it. I’m surprised United hasn’t replaced all the CRJ-200’s with CRJ-550’s.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
12-21-2020 | 11:44 AM
#163
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I do really like the CRJ-550 as it fixes a lot of the issues with the CRJ-200. Newer, first class and economy plus seats, and WiFi. It burns about 8% more fuel than a CRJ-200, but fuel is cheap, and just a few % revenue premium for having first class and economy plus seats more than make up for it. I’m surprised United hasn’t replaced all the CRJ-200’s with CRJ-550’s.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
I do see the CRJ-200 going away in the next few years, but I definitely do not see 50 seat RJ’s going away.
12-21-2020 | 12:43 PM
#164
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12-22-2020 | 11:40 AM
#167
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Boeing is desperate for sales and need to repair their image and that of the max. I wonder if we could get some dirt cheap max 7’s and use that lift to retire the CRJ-200 and E-145. Starting in 2023, the smallest plane in Delta’s fleet will have 70 seats. Are we going to put a bunch of worn out 50 seaters up against that and expect to win? My bet is that we don’t change a thing and Kirby comes to us in a couple of years demanding more big rj’s to remain competitive when Delta is spanking us again.
12-22-2020 | 11:48 AM
#168
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Didn't UAL (via Oscar and Scott) directly and publicly state the 50-seaters are going away as a result of Covid earlier this year with the exception of the 'new' 550s?
12-22-2020 | 12:10 PM
#169
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They made a couple of blanket statements that they would most likely be a thing of the past, but have never said anything definitive, or recently. Delta has announced when their 50 seaters will be gone as well as the 717 and 767. United did reduce the 145 fleet when they shut down ExpressJet, but there are still a bunch of tired 50 seaters out there with no announced plan to change that.
12-24-2020 | 06:02 AM
#170
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I don't know how old you are. I'm 55, and I remember riding on commuter flights in the late 1970s in airplanes like the Twin Otter and Beech 99. Those were replaced by the Metroliner, Beech 1900, and the Jetstream. (I flew the J32 Jetstreams in my first airline job) Then came the Saab 340, Brasilia, Dash 8 and we had a flight attendant! I even got to ride on a couple of four-engine Dash-7s, operated by Rio Airways, as a teenager! The introduction of the CRJ-200 and E145 was a huge step forward, at the time, to actually be flying a jet. But it's time for them to join the Twin Otters and Metroliners to make way for their successors.
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