Originally Posted by
BlueHorseShoe2000
An internal Republic employee memo stated that the C-Series order is still exists but I wouldn't fall over in shock if it gets cancelled or converted to something else.
Keep in mind that today's order along with the C-Series announcement last year doesn't mean that Frontier will actually take delivery of all of these aircraft. They could very well sell the production slots to other airlines, sub-lease aircraft, etc. I believe Republic secured very attractive pricing/financing on all three aircraft types so these orders could be very valulable in the future.
While MikeFromMKE is correct that some of these planes will be used to backfill aircraft being removed from the fleet in the coming years, this new order (along with the C-Series) still represents an enormous amount of new capacity for Frontier to work with. There are lots of interesting possibilities for where this capacity can be deployed.
The bolded part is really the only relevant part at this point. F9 can't even find a home for its airplanes now, and yet they're going to more than double their fleet size going forward? And WN and UA are going to what, sit back and do nothing?
There's a reason this is a letter of intent and not a firm order. There's a mighty big difference.