Originally Posted by
zdog2x
Trying to find additional info on which little planes will be relegated to the apparent 2nd tier hub - Denver. If all the 2-class are going elsewhere, are *all* the Devil’s Charriots and ER134/45s going to service small mountain towns like mine? If that’s the case, combined with the consistent 2-3 times higher pricing compared to DL and AA, UAs going to be a tough choice in years to come.
I don't know what "small mountain town" you live in but every city UA flies to in CO, except ALS and PUB (both of which are EAS), currently have 2 cabin planes on the schedule. I don't think UA is all of the sudden going to just downgaging the CO Ski Cities as there is a lot of money there for first class travel. I am pretty sure the 50 seat cabins are going to stay mostly on EAS routes, United currently has 20 EAS routes out of DEN and most of them are to cities in WY, NE, KS, MO, ND, IA, and UT (not really "small mountain towns"). Also, recently the 50 seat RJs have been on 1 to 1.5 hr flights, I don't have much of an issue sitting on one of those on short hops (as they were originally intended for) vs having to drive 5-10 hours to an airport.