175's
So we seem to have got to the bottom of the 175 issue. Basically the engines are too small!? From what I could gather from all the spiel coming out of Exeter the 175's were partly coming in to open up thinner routes to further destinations i.e. routes in Scandinavia, Italy, Spain etc.
Do the 195's have any restrictions? If not why do the 175's?
Although everyone moans about the dash you can't deny that it is one of the main reasons Flybe has grown so large and quickly in this country as apposed to all the other regionals who operated jets. At the moment I can't see any merits for the introduction of the 175's.