Every one of the routes keithguy mentions is to another airline's hub. On those routes, frequency is king! NW will downgauge to keep up its frequency.

With the 9's being put in cities like LEX, XNA & SGF, they have to come from somewhere (or did I miss the press release about NW buying even more 9's?).

(Yes, I know Pinnacle is adding even more of the passenger-less-friendly CRJs....)

Thanks for the heads-up, azj! The nine PM from DTW to LEX is our most common flight, and we've missed having it around the last two months.... only downside of switching it to a 9 is a few front cabin seats go missing! But we're plats now, at least.

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