Originally Posted by
SchmutzigMSP
Yes, RJ-85 == Avro. I don't believe they ever flew it to DFW. That's always been CRJ/DC-9 territory as far as I can recall.
Flew F in the Avro MSP-DFW back in 2004. Flight left MSP at 11 or so, getting into DFW around 2. However, since the Avro was not equipped with kitchens, there was no lunch on the lunch-hour flight.
Looking forward to the 175 on 9/16, DFW-MSP.
Looks to me that they're putting the aircraft on routes where there is a high concentration of business travel but relatively low loads otherwise. It thrills me that the institution of this plane could lead to more frequencies, reversing a disturbing trend that started long before flights had to be cancelled due to various pilot scheduling snafus.