Republic Orders 24 E90s
Jul 21, 2010, 10:59 am
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Republic Orders 24 E90s
I guess we're going to be getting alot of planes next year. Six E90s will come in the first six months next year.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...raer-190s.html
US airline group Republic Airlines has signed a letter of intent to buy 24 more Embraer 190 jets in a deal valued at $960 million signed today at the Farnborough Air Show.
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Jul 21, 2010, 12:09 pm
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This is exciting news! I can imagine this will allow them to expand the E90 presence at DEN and let them add frequencies to more business routes.
This plus the A320 order could give us some interesting new routes for next year. I'm excited to see what they dream up.
This plus the A320 order could give us some interesting new routes for next year. I'm excited to see what they dream up.
Jul 21, 2010, 11:40 pm
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Jul 22, 2010, 8:13 am
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Configuration
Anyone have a thought as to what the IFE configuration will be on these? Considering that JetBlue has the DirecTV on their 190's, are these going to come pre-loaded with the screens, or are they going to just give them Wi-Fi...Also, is there any word as to what they are going to do with the configuration on the existing 190's? Considering the fact that these are probably going to be flying on a bunch of legacy Frontier routes where the IFE is an expectation
Jul 22, 2010, 8:43 am
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Anyone have a thought as to what the IFE configuration will be on these? Considering that JetBlue has the DirecTV on their 190's, are these going to come pre-loaded with the screens, or are they going to just give them Wi-Fi...Also, is there any word as to what they are going to do with the configuration on the existing 190's? Considering the fact that these are probably going to be flying on a bunch of legacy Frontier routes where the IFE is an expectation
No mention is made of IFE.
E90 seating config same as now (99 seats); E95 would have 116 seats. Both retain STRETCH seating.
Mention is made that the new aircraft would replace smaller regional jets; does this mean the 170s?
Jul 22, 2010, 8:50 am
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According to Bedford, some of the new planes will be used to replace a portion of the smaller aircraft in the branded fleet, presumably the E170. The economics and operational performance of the E190 are apparently much better, especially in DEN.
There's also been some speculation that this new order will be used to back-fill the loss of the A318s that will be leaving the fleet.
Jul 22, 2010, 9:09 am
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Republic will not be adding an additional 24 aircraft to the branded fleet.
According to Bedford, some of the new planes will be used to replace a portion of the smaller aircraft in the branded fleet, presumably the E170. The economics and operational performance of the E190 are apparently much better, especially in DEN.
There's also been some speculation that this new order will be used to back-fill the loss of the A318s that will be leaving the fleet.
According to Bedford, some of the new planes will be used to replace a portion of the smaller aircraft in the branded fleet, presumably the E170. The economics and operational performance of the E190 are apparently much better, especially in DEN.
There's also been some speculation that this new order will be used to back-fill the loss of the A318s that will be leaving the fleet.
Jul 22, 2010, 9:21 am
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Anyone have a thought as to what the IFE configuration will be on these? Considering that JetBlue has the DirecTV on their 190's, are these going to come pre-loaded with the screens, or are they going to just give them Wi-Fi...Also, is there any word as to what they are going to do with the configuration on the existing 190's? Considering the fact that these are probably going to be flying on a bunch of legacy Frontier routes where the IFE is an expectation
Jul 22, 2010, 10:06 am
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Anyone have a thought as to what the IFE configuration will be on these? Considering that JetBlue has the DirecTV on their 190's, are these going to come pre-loaded with the screens, or are they going to just give them Wi-Fi...Also, is there any word as to what they are going to do with the configuration on the existing 190's? Considering the fact that these are probably going to be flying on a bunch of legacy Frontier routes where the IFE is an expectation
I do agree that they need to make it more obvious to the customer what to expect on the plane. When they have expectation of TV and don't get it obviously they are disappointed. If the website made it more clear what IFE you will get on a flight they could probably better manage those expectations.
Personally I'll take Wifi over LiveTV any day. With Hulu you can watch shows on demand instead of being stuck with mid-day cable programming.