Worst case scenario in this case... Nobody wants to see USAirways fail but things are getting a bit dicey... Financing for the new RJs and E170s has been withdrawn pending exit from bankruptcy. So, who, in the worst case scenario, could pick up the ordered E170s for cheap in the event that USAirways doesn't make it? With no additional financing now, there will be excess E170s originally bound for MDA available on the market soon.
COEX? Eagle? More for CHQ? I would bet that COEX could pick them up given their previous Embraer experience and their extensive route network over which the E170 would do very well (longer flights)... With most of the kinks worked out of the E170 by now, don't you think someone would want to pick some up on the cheap? If MDA has now accepted as many E170s as could be funded under their previous financing, then someone else will need to pick up the production slack - right?
This is a worst-case scenario for USAirways, but anyone else out there have any thoughts about what could happen with the excess E170s?
COEX? Eagle? More for CHQ? I would bet that COEX could pick them up given their previous Embraer experience and their extensive route network over which the E170 would do very well (longer flights)... With most of the kinks worked out of the E170 by now, don't you think someone would want to pick some up on the cheap? If MDA has now accepted as many E170s as could be funded under their previous financing, then someone else will need to pick up the production slack - right?
This is a worst-case scenario for USAirways, but anyone else out there have any thoughts about what could happen with the excess E170s?
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