Originally Posted by
EK77WNCL
I'd have thought the A319 (and probably A320) would be good for anything up to 3/3.5 hours from Southampton, which puts the Balearics, Spain, Portugal and the Ionian islands within reach. Cseries would open up the canaries and Cyprus.
Maybe easyjet will get their act together!
EZY is upgrading their fleet, 156 seat A319 are progressively being replaced by 186 seat A320, which in turn are being up sized to 235 A321neo, it's all about cost per seat. Corporate and fleet strategy here: http://corporate.easyjet.com/~/media/Files/E/Easyjet/pdf/investors/results-centre/2017/easyjet-h1-2017-results-presentation.pdf
See slide 13 for fleet plans to 2021. A319 no longer has the economics needed.
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