Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar.
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Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar.
This is not good news for recently hired Regional guys/gals
Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar - Yahoo! News
Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar - Yahoo! News
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This is not good news for recently hired Regional guys/gals
Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar - Yahoo! News
Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar - Yahoo! News
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This statement I don't get:
"A Delta 50-seat CRJ-200 made by Bombardier takes 19 gallons of fuel to fly each passenger 500 miles. Fuel usage drops to just 7.5 gallons per passenger on Delta's 160-seat MD-90s over the same distance."
This may be true but, on some routes with 2 RJ's per day, if Delta can only get 40-45 pax on each flight why would you put on an MD-90 on it? I can understand if it was from MSP-DEN, Delta wouldn't want to put an CRJ2 on that flight when they can fill an MD-90. Lets run those numbers again if you can only get 40 people on those flights.
"A Delta 50-seat CRJ-200 made by Bombardier takes 19 gallons of fuel to fly each passenger 500 miles. Fuel usage drops to just 7.5 gallons per passenger on Delta's 160-seat MD-90s over the same distance."
This may be true but, on some routes with 2 RJ's per day, if Delta can only get 40-45 pax on each flight why would you put on an MD-90 on it? I can understand if it was from MSP-DEN, Delta wouldn't want to put an CRJ2 on that flight when they can fill an MD-90. Lets run those numbers again if you can only get 40 people on those flights.
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