Originally Posted by
Expressflight
The Winter timetable as published fully commits two ATRs and at first glance seems to require three E195s. It represents a 50% increase on the Winter 2017/18 timetable at the time of its release.
I am curious to know how an airline thinks when it must consider routine maintenance and unserviceabilities. A large airline would always have a spare aircraft on standby, but how does a base with 5 aircraft plan on that? Or is it an acceptable gamble versus screwing the passengers?