Originally Posted by
PLeblond
Your Florida/Leisure comment made me thing of Rouge.
Honestly, when I first read about leasing 321s, I figured it would be for routes where domestic 767s/330s are currently operating and they are not profitable for those routes: YYZ-YYC, YUL-YVR, YYZ-YHZ those YYZ-YVR routes that are not a repositioning of aircraft for long haul international flights.
Don't see why an A330 wouldn't be profitable for those routes. All-in Trip costs are not 2X that of an A321, but passenger count is. (
source). This appears to be all about incremental capacity growth, ie: substituting the E90s for A319s, A319s for A320s, A320s for A321's, etc. After all, 10 E90s will be leaving the fleet.
With the new J setup on the 321s, I see than as workhorses for higher traffic domestic routes.
Yup, they'll be on YYZ-YVR, YYZ-YYC. E90-only places like YXE/YQR will get upgauged to the 319 and/or 319 Rouged. Etc.