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Republic Airways, flying as American Eagle, will operate 47 (down from the original 53) new Embraer E175 regional airliners starting "mid-2013" under a 12 year contract. Some predict ORD as hub for these.
Configuration will be F 12, 20 MCE and 44 Y = 76 total)
Photos in post #106.
(lower right wiki corner)Republic Airways, flying as American Eagle, will operate 47 (down from the original 53) new Embraer E175 regional airliners starting "mid-2013" under a 12 year contract. Some predict ORD as hub for these.
Configuration will be F 12, 20 MCE and 44 Y = 76 total)
Photos in post #106.
Republic Airways to operate 47 E175s as American Eagle [with photos]
Mar 6, 2013, 3:19 pm
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And in addition, a major reason for splitting the order between Boeing and Airbus was to get newer planes on the property as soon as possible. AA wanted more planes than either could provide considering their current order books. All of those planes still need to be replaced, a combined AA-US won't be able to cut a large amount of capacity due to the low overlap between their route networks.
We're about to see Ryan Air do the same for some final 737NG slots with Boeing reports have it. Big order to take up those slots at great prices.
Mar 12, 2013, 4:51 pm
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Not a surprise, but the bankruptcy court judge approved the agreement with Republic today over the objections of the American Eagle unions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-0...et-flying.html
“The increased use of regional jets has been front and center in this case for some time,” the judge said.
Mar 13, 2013, 7:56 am
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This is another step toward AA getting healthy and competitive. Glad to see this approved. Those 175 aircraft will be a nice option for regional legs.
Mar 13, 2013, 8:22 pm
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They are great aircraft so will be great to see them at ORD. It's a gap needing closing ever since the F-100s were retired years ago.
Mar 14, 2013, 7:27 pm
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Perhaps, AA will plans to order CRJ-1000. I think this is right one. They needs growth more.
Mar 15, 2013, 9:26 pm
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AA retired their Fokkers in 2004, the last flight was September 8, 2004.
Mar 16, 2013, 3:05 pm
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The former TWA 717's is must be what N830MH is thinking of.
Mar 16, 2013, 6:07 pm
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AA operated as many as 75 Fokker F-100 aircraft between 1992 and 2004.
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Fokker 100
This small 87-seat aircraft was purchased by American for use in its short-haul domestic markets and can be considered the precursor to the Regional Jet. It was built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was in the AA fleet from 1992 through 2004.
This small 87-seat aircraft was purchased by American for use in its short-haul domestic markets and can be considered the precursor to the Regional Jet. It was built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was in the AA fleet from 1992 through 2004.
Mar 18, 2013, 11:25 pm
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AA operated as many as 75 Fokker F-100 aircraft between 1992 and 2004.
Mar 28, 2013, 3:35 am
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Any idea what routes these plane will operate? I keep hearing that the intro to service has been pushed back to aug/sep time frame...
Mar 30, 2013, 5:16 am
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They replaced the old 727-023 fuel hogs on hub routes at RDU and BNA and also freed up MD80s for other routes. As RDU and BNA were wound down, the F100s migrated to DFW and ORD. Right idea, but the F100 was not a winner.
Mar 30, 2013, 9:01 am
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Apr 1, 2013, 6:33 pm
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Nope. A good historical reference, although it hasn't been updated since 1997, can be found here. The -023's were not all gone until 1993, and the F100s began arriving in the summer of 1991.
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12 777-200 ON ORDER (1998-2001)
Apr 1, 2013, 7:37 pm
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Nope. A good historical reference, although it hasn't been updated since 1997, can be found here. The -023's were not all gone until 1993, and the F100s began arriving in the summer of 1991.