Early Retirement due to COVID-19

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by David Knudsen

It's interesting seeing American and Air Canada removing E190s given they only have an average age of 12 years, I imagine smaller aircraft for thinner routes may be the norm for the near future - are the 190s not holding up as well as they enter their teenage years, or is it just a fleet commonality decision ?

In the case of AA they were orphans of the US Air marriage and only number 20. AA runs most of the RJs through subsidiary eagle ops where they have close to 200 175s. Air Canada is the same, an odd small number choice when the regional stuff is done by Jazz with pretty much a Canadian sourced fleet.

[Kent Broadhead]

Originally Posted by MarkR

In the case of AA they were orphans of the US Air marriage and only number 20. AA runs most of the RJs through subsidiary eagle ops where they have close to 200 175s. Air Canada is the same, an odd small number choice when the regional stuff is done by Jazz with pretty much a Canadian sourced fleet.

Air Canada took delivery of its first A220 in Feb or Mar, so it may be a pointed clearout, even though the leased aircraft were apparently out to 2023.

Some have indicated that the E190s weren't as efficient and were higher maintenace than expected as well.