On the news last night they said Virgin Blue's next ports will be Rockhampton, Mackay and Cairns. Rocky and Mackay are currently CRJ ports. I see that Kendells/Ansett have 3 choices re the CRJS, they are;
1. Continue operating them to their current ports and lose passengers to Qantas and soon Virgin Blue.
2. Operate them to ports where the Saab's are flying to ie Wagga, Albury, Coffs Harbour etc. That would then give them and advantage over Qantaslink.
3. Sell or lease the aircraft overseas. Ansett have done this in the past with the F50.
The SMH on Friday said that Ansett could shed 3000 staff very soon and drop regional ports.