Originally Posted by
The Lev
That quote is from 2013. More recently there was a new capacity purchase agreement announced and it looks like Chorus will be putting many of those older aircraft out to pasture (or at least finding a new customer) and buying Q400's:
http://aircanada.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=846
Further modernization of the Jazz fleet continues with the addition of 23 Dash 8 Q400 aircraft to gradually replace 34 Bombardier Dash 8-100 and 25 CRJ200 aircraft. The transition to a newer, larger gauge aircraft operation calls for a reduction in the Jazz fleet from 122 to an established minimum guarantee of 101 aircraft by the end of 2020, and 86 aircraft by the end of 2025. The transition to newer and more efficient larger gauge aircraft significantly helps to reduce per seat operating costs. The up-gauging of aircraft results in a reduction of seat capacity of less than 4% by 2020, and is further reduced by less than 9% by 2025.
Thanks for link. The way I see it, we get newer a/c but the frequency we now receive will be reduced even though capacity will be nearly the same.