Originally Posted by vincom
How about the cost? Could they really justify another subfleet? If the 73G-ER carries 126 passenger, can that really compare to a 752 that carries 172 seat?
But that's apples to oranges. If CO were to put the plane into an all J config with about 40 seats the plane would be a moneymaker. Private air already does this to several destinations in America ex Europe via the 73G and A320 (in fact someone just started an IAH-AMS flight in this configuration).
Anyway point being we all know the revenue stream is much more dense from J sales so presuming demand exists one would think an airline could profit from the service despite the less seats overall to sell. In other words a fully loaded "J" 737ER with about 40 passengers could be just as profitable, if not more so, than a 752 with about 170 passengers.
Originally Posted by vincom
Granted it about 50 seats more, but it is already in the fleet and has the range to fly 4,500 miles (from Boeing’s website). The 73G-ER has about 5,500 miles; what destinations are 1000 more miles away that could justify 50 fewer passengers?
Perhaps were looking at this the wrong way. A "J" 737er could provide a "quick fix" for injecting J seats on existing high demand routes freeing up equipment for further expansion. For example, let's say CO believe they could sell another 40 J seats on the IAH-CDG sector on certain days of the week. Well rather than run a 777 over yonder and risk Y going out empty, they could selectively apply the 737er to satisfy J demand.
It seemed like there was a thread on this topic some time ago - anyone remember? (But then again I've been on a planes the last 36 hours and could quite possible be loosing it)
