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Old Nov 5, 2016 | 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by jacksafar
DL flies an E175 YVR-MSP (this gets up gauged in the summer)
AC flies an E175 or E190 SEA-YYZ

These are definitely some of the longer RJ flights from this area

I'm sure once the cruise/summer season starts you will see more capacity.
I think people (in general) really underestimate the power of the customer base at MKE. It's close to ORD yes, but most people there would prefer MSP over ORD and non-stop over connecting any day.

Northwest had a very very large and very loyal customer base (both business and leisure) in MKE, there was a WorldClub (now there is a SkyClub). I remember often NW had DC-10 widebody flights MKE-MSP multiple times a day.
A lot of airlines like AC, fly 175/190 as mainline aircraft. I know the 190 especially is just about always mainline. The bigger regionals, really aren't regionals.
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