Originally Posted by
logansi
I'm actually interested in how the A220-300 will play into negotiations.
There is a possibility here that they could have very few or no A320s just 220s and 321s. If they wanted to be nasty try they could shift half the current mainline flying to NJS by giving them 40 220s for East Coast flying while mainline has only 50 or so single isle aircraft, all A321neos.
Don’t forget there’s still a substantial number of 738s going to be around, in 2024 when the first Airbuses arrive there’ll be 8 738s that will be 16 years old and about 34 that will only be 10-12 years old. The latter will still fly til 2034. They’re cheap to run and you’ve got crews trained up on them, so why wouldn’t you keep operating them til the end of their life.