If the 717's were to return to the east coast i'd put my money on them having a small J cabin (4-8 seats) deployed on large Q400 markets competing against DJ's Embraers ie. SYD-CBR, BNE-ROK (currently mostly Alliance Fokker 100), BNE-MKY etc. allowing the Q400's to either go west or deployed on current Q300 flights. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see 717 going on new markets like DRW-TSV, TSV-CBR. But I don't think we'll see them in Jetstar strongholds ie. OOL HTI NTL. Although the growth of intra WA traffic in the last couple of years is nothing short of amazing I can't see why the Q400, 717 and 73H can't co-exist even with the extra 717 (2) and 73H (5) aircraft.
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2012 FLIGHTS
26JAN QF501 BNE-SYD 73H VH-VXK // 26JAN QF2010 SYD-TMW DH3 VH-TQE // 30JAN FQ606 TMW-BNE J41 VH-TAH // 01AUG DJ1384 BNE-ADL 73H // 11AUG DJ1407 ADL-BNE E90]/
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