Originally Posted by
lo2e
My first thought too - there are seasonal locales (MHT or PWM in the dead of winter come to mind, for example; possibly a southern locale in the dead of summer too) where a regional jet would probably serve the route quite well.
Makes sense to me. It’d be similar in some ways to JetBlue’s use of the A320 and E175. I’m not sure how 2 airplane types would work with the non-hub and spoke model of WN but someone could probably figure out how to get the schedules to work. I think a smaller plane could be a way to open up new markets since at this point I think WN pretty much serves almost all the (continental US) airports that can support 737 traffic.
My my personal vote would be for the A220 - have only seen pictures of DL’s version (and hopefully will get to ride it next month!) but it seems to provide a good mainline plane experience even with the smaller capacity (which hopefully would help keep WN with an all main line plane fleet). All hypothetically speaking of course.