Does anydody know if Canadian/Air Canada will make any more fleet changes other that the ones announced in the Spring and Summer 2000 schedule?
When will they begin fleet renewal?
The Canadian Business article hyperlinked below discusses a 40% drop in aircraft prices to the competition between Airbus and Boeing, which WestJet will benefit from. (Among other things about WestJet.) It is too bad that AC/CP haven't made up their minds yet.
http://www.canbus.com/magazine_items..._westjet.shtml
They (AC/CP) sure need to replace those older B737-200s and the DC9-30s. What do you think are their options? (Airbus 318?, Boeing 717?, the new 2-class 88 or 108 seat Bombardier CRJs?)
I think that the Airbus 318 would be the best choice. They should seat about 100 in 2 classes, exactly the same as the B737-200 and 9 more that the DC9-30. I think the A318 is better becase of the range, fleet compatibility (with 319s and 320s) and size.