FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - No More Turbo Prop ASA planes out of Montgomery
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:47 am
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IsleOfMan
 
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Coming from an ASA insider, the ATR fleet is aging and becoming a maintenance hog. The downside of phasing out the ATRs is they can not, at current prices, economically serve routes under 300 miles. Look for prices on these short routes to eventually creep up as the RJs take over.
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