Equipment Question
Mar 10, 2008 | 8:51 pm
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Equipment Question
I am looking at some future travel and nwa.com is offering me a CRJ(2888 MSP-MDT). My standard understanding of a CRJ is the original 50 seater series, does NW use "CRJ" as a catch all to include the larger members of the series or is this really a 900 mile flight on a 50 seater?
Mar 10, 2008 | 10:15 pm
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I believe the CRJ900 will be coded as a CR9. And 900 miles on a 50-seat CRJ is far from the worst of it.
I believe the CRJ900 will be coded as a CR9. And 900 miles on a 50-seat CRJ is far from the worst of it.
Mar 10, 2008 | 11:33 pm
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I've seen it coded as both "Bombardier CRJ-900" and "CR9" thus far. In any event, if you see "Canadair" or just plain "CRJ," you're unfortunately stuck on the 50-seater.
While ~900 miles on a CRJ isn't the most fun, a quick scan of likely/frequent offenders on the NW schedule revealed 7 CRJ flights over 1,000 miles (could be even more). The longest one I found was MSP-SAV at 1,092. The others I saw (longest to shortest): MSP-CHS, MSP-MYR, MSP-ORF, DSM-LGA, MSP-HPN, IND-FLL.
For what it's worth, though some people find the ERJ better than the CRJ, CO has their ERJ's deployed on much longer routes than NW does the CRJ's. A glance through the CO schedule found 8 ERJ routes over 1,200 miles, with the longest one being EWR-OKC at 1,325 miles. Some are also on routes where you'd generally expect all mainline equipment, such as IAH-YYZ and IAH-DCA.
While ~900 miles on a CRJ isn't the most fun, a quick scan of likely/frequent offenders on the NW schedule revealed 7 CRJ flights over 1,000 miles (could be even more). The longest one I found was MSP-SAV at 1,092. The others I saw (longest to shortest): MSP-CHS, MSP-MYR, MSP-ORF, DSM-LGA, MSP-HPN, IND-FLL.
For what it's worth, though some people find the ERJ better than the CRJ, CO has their ERJ's deployed on much longer routes than NW does the CRJ's. A glance through the CO schedule found 8 ERJ routes over 1,200 miles, with the longest one being EWR-OKC at 1,325 miles. Some are also on routes where you'd generally expect all mainline equipment, such as IAH-YYZ and IAH-DCA.
Last edited by steex; Mar 10, 2008 at 11:57 pm Reason: Edit to add CO routes
Mar 11, 2008 | 12:42 am
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For what it's worth, though some people find the ERJ better than the CRJ, CO has their ERJ's deployed on much longer routes than NW does the CRJ's. A glance through the CO schedule found 8 ERJ routes over 1,200 miles, with the longest one being EWR-OKC at 1,325 miles. Some are also on routes where you'd generally expect all mainline equipment, such as IAH-YYZ and IAH-DCA.
Going to PHX on CO and last leg IAH-OMA Is ERJ, 2.5 hours. I sure hope it's better than CRJ but my schedule eliminated later 733 flight, but at $305 nobody else came close so I'll suck up and bite the 50% EQM bullet.
Mar 11, 2008 | 10:41 am
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I always double connect OMA-MSP-DTW because direct to DTW are all CRJ. The C9 is a nice ride and I heard NW is buying them and the 175's at an accelerated pace, probably due to older DC9's going away.
Going to PHX on CO and last leg IAH-OMA Is ERJ, 2.5 hours. I sure hope it's better than CRJ but my schedule eliminated later 733 flight, but at $305 nobody else came close so I'll suck up and bite the 50% EQM bullet.
Going to PHX on CO and last leg IAH-OMA Is ERJ, 2.5 hours. I sure hope it's better than CRJ but my schedule eliminated later 733 flight, but at $305 nobody else came close so I'll suck up and bite the 50% EQM bullet.
I generally fly NW if/when I need to go to/through a CO hub, but sometimes the schedule doesn't work out and the non-stop ERJ is unavoidable. The worst part is I fly NW/SkyTeam over AA out of STL in large part because of all the ERJ flying, but avoiding the AA Connection RJ's to IAH and EWR just gets me on COEx RJ's instead!
