United bets on efficiencies from 50-seater retirements
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United Airlines expects to reap a significant yield advantage by accelerating the retirement of 50-seat regional jets in favor of 76-seat regionals, the company’s CFO told investors this week. “We are over-reliant on the 50-seat regional jet today,” United CFO John Rainey said at a Morgan Stanley...
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