US Airways gets its 1st CRJ700

[Jbrewster1012]

Here's a press release from Bombardier

http://www.bombardier.com/index.jsp?id=3_0&lang=en&file=/en/3_0/pressrelease.jsp?group=3_0&lan=en&action=view&mode=list&year=null&id=2460&sCateg=3_0

When do we get to see the first one operating?

[LH 340-600]

I thought that they just ordered the ER 170.

[Jbrewster1012]

Yep and they have received some of them too.

[FlyingPhotog]

What business does US have buying new planes? I thought they were trying to SELL assetts.

[FlyCharlestonSC]

I have seen it on the schedules on RDU-CLT and maybe BWI or EWR-CLT, but I don't remember which.

[Cam]

Yaaayyyy!! More money for Canada!

[FlyCharlestonSC]

As my friend said, "Canada is like the appartment above a really good party."

jk

[chrisburns]

As my friend said, "Canada is like the appartment above a really good party."

jk

Hey I said that first :P

Check your spelling also

There is also a difference between US Airways and US Airways express

Just what they need is ANOTHER aircraft type.

[DougNYC]

But PSA and MidAtlantic are both wholly owned subsidiaries of US Airways. So the excuse that the E70s and CR7s are going to two different carriers really doesn't hold IMHO - they're really both US anyway.

Why would US order both types?

[DAL767-400ER]

US Airways gets its 1st CRJ700

US bought the CRJ-700s and 705s obviously because of the fleet commonality with the CRJ-200s. The Embraers were bought because they wanted a plane that was more like a mainline plane and less like an RJ, plus it gives US the oprion to later order EMB-190s and don't have much additional costs. But from a current point of view it makes no sense. The Embraers mean a new plane, with a new cockpit, new engines, other new MX stuff etc., so currently it really doesn't make sense. If US grows bigger again, it would be a different story though.

-Colin

[FlyCharlestonSC]

As my friend said, "Canada is like the appartment above a really good party."

jk

Hey I said that first :P

Check your spelling also

There is also a difference between US Airways and US Airways express

Just what they need is ANOTHER aircraft type.

You did?

I heard it from a friend at school!

[djarfur]

yep Canada is the apartment above a buncha drunken fools :P kidding of course!

[chrisburns]

As my friend said, "Canada is like the appartment above a really good party."

jk

Hey I said that first :P

Check your spelling also

There is also a difference between US Airways and US Airways express

Just what they need is ANOTHER aircraft type.

You did?

I heard it from a friend at school!

Yeah, I mentioned it quite a while ago in a few of my posts

[Greg]

As my friend said, "Canada is like the appartment above a really good party."

George Carlin is your friend?

Well, since Al is already your pal.

[FlyCharlestonSC]

Darn...I guess a lot of people used it before me

I'll have to ask my friend where he heard it :P