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Originally Posted by PCL_128  I think that's a little overly pessimistic, and that's saying a lot, since I'm pretty pessimistic lately. DAL managed to re-negotiate their -88 leases down to $80k/mo. That's barely more than a 50-seat RJ lease. AMR could probably do better if they enter bankruptcy now. I can see them getting rid of maybe a third of their -80s, but not anywhere close to all of them. An -80 is a much better platform for most markets than a 70-seat RJ if you can get the lease costs down. |
Well there is the E-190 as a possible Mad-Dog replacement (especialy since the NGs are severlely back-logged and the 717 line is shut down), but I don't know if they'd consider that.