aero junkie quote..."I think the Embraer jets are well suited here, they aint alot of aeroplane, suited to smaller airports, low operating and fuel costs."
mate...you obviously do not have any experience with this type of equipment
I fly mainline(320) but we have close to 60 of these smaller jets as a feeder operation......talking to the bean counters,,,,their fuel and operating costs are NOT low,they are a lot of aeroplane(Mtx costs are not cheap)and we use them into ORD,JFK,ATL.....some of the buisiest airports in the world.......
.......ask Continental Airlines why they got rid of a sh@te load of them....they are not cheap to operate