Originally Posted by
ajggiant
I’d be all for the 175 becoming the domestic equivalent of the 787, allowing for more point-to-point, long distance flights instead of hub and spoke on 737s, 321s etc. How is the 175 operationally for airlines (I would guess that it doesn’t offer a big efficiency bump like the 787/350s)?
There was a chart in the 12/14/17 Investor Day presentation (see page 41 from the 8-K filing of that date,
https://ir.delta.com/financials/defa...x#news-updates) that showed big RJs (assumed E70/E75/CR7/CR9) were inferior in cost per seat to small narrowbodies (319/717) which were inferior to medium narrowbodies (MD-88/MD-90/738) which were inferior to large narrowbodies (739/321). The difference in cost E75 to 321 is probably about 20%. Unless people flying an E75 non-stop XXX-ZZZ are willing to pay a lot more than connecting flights on big aircraft XXX-YYY-ZZZ your dream isn't going to happen. It would be interesting to see where the A220 cost fits in Delta's chart. Seat cost efficiency as good as a 738?