Originally Posted by
ATOBTTR
With the exception of the last departure, SEA-SLC is all 737-800s/900s (the last flight of the night tonight shows an E-175). All of today's flights to LAX from SLC are on 737-800s/900s. 3 of today's 5 JFK-SLC flights are 737-800s/900s. 2 of MCO's 3 flights today are on 737s. 2 of BOS's 3 daily flights today are on 737s. SLC-CLT is a 737-800 today. I did see some routes (such as PDX-SLC and SAN-SLC) that I've flown a 737 on before that didn't show any 737s today (all Airbus series) but still plenty of 737 ops to/through SLC.
Interesting. Upon doing a departure breakdown it looks like there are also 11 MD-90 departures. Weird since they closed the SLC -90 base over five years ago. Their operation at SLC leaves me scratching my head. SLC is a small hub. I don't see the point of having both a 737 and A320 base. Both aircraft have similar capacity and range and either can perform any mission from SLC. It would seem to make more sense to consolidate SLC to all 320 since it is a more versatile fleet with the 319,320,321. And soon SLC will have a C Series (A220 base). For a hub with ~220 departures and only half of it being mainline it seems crazy to have three narrobody types based there.