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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 10:52 am
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Question Slightly confused...

If my memory serves me correctly, we all read about two weeks ago that NW is going to be adding capacity to the current route network.

Then this morning I woke up to read in USA Today that DL and NW have cut 14-15% of flights in the last year, making it sound as if there's a new round of cuts coming. The Indianapolis Star also ran this rather pointless story about the same issue as well.

Thoughts?
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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 10:57 am
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Originally Posted by CGNC
making it sound as if there's a new round of cuts coming.
I didn't get that from the article. I think that we'll see increased capacity come back much slower than it was taken away, and probably in the form of 1-2 more flights a day to certain destinations before they reopen/add new routes. As they renegotiate leases with their creditors, they'll be able to pull more planes from the desert and have them re-enter service.

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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 9:10 pm
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I thougth NW was going to replace the cancelled flights when they decide what they are going to do about Mesaba/Pinnacle/Compass situation and what kind of aircrafts will be replacing the RJ-85/CRJs. I haven't seen many RJ85s these days while lot of CRJs are around. I hope NW decides soon to replace with new planes so the cancelled routes can come back.

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Old Jul 3, 2006 | 11:40 pm
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So I read them as in the past year they have both severely cut back....the articles don't address what is going to happen....their crystal balls must be on back order like mine!
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