Originally Posted by
AT76
Appreciate sharing your experience. Now I understand why it's called link. When researched about NZ and looking at the history, I guessed they were called link but now operate as one big company NZ. In your opinion, do you think ATR is the most suitable for those routes in NZ, or they might consider switching to Q400 or small jet like ERJ? in the future?
Q400 wouldn’t fit into several of the regional ports so the Q300 will likely keep operating until it falls apart.
ATR is incredibly efficient at what it does so I believe it’ll be around for a long time.
Can’t see us ever operating RJ’s because of the average Sector (and runway length), I’m sure it’s been looked at but could only work on few routes thus wouldn’t be cost effective introducing a new type. At best, we’ll see the A320’s into some of the larger ports like Hamilton or Palmy if they want to boost capacity.