Originally Posted by
tracon
It seems pretty clear they are not sure what to do with it. It has the same pilot pool so I guess they save some money on the flight attendants, but it would seem that its cost structure is likely not that different from mainline.
They have just refurbished the cabins on half the A321 fleet. I guess they could fold it into mainline, but then they would have to change up the seats as they don't have screens, if they are to keep the mainline product consistent. The A319's are definitely going to age out, but the A321 and A320 fleet is relatively young, with the A321's 10 years or younger.
There are rumours that the 15 mainline A321's are being refurbished, along with the 8 A320's that are being kept. If Rouge continues, could some of these be moved over? Kind of a head scratcher...