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Old May 24, 2017, 5:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Chugach
I can see AS keeping the A321 NEO's as that aircraft would be a great fit on certain long AS routes (Hawaii, transcon, ANC in summer) that could justify extra capacity.
I doubt it if it is the only handful of Airbus remaining. Way too expensive to have dedicated pilot base(s), crew training, parts, and so on for relatively few aircraft.
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