Delta to deploy first CS100 to New York

Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ed Bastian has confirmed the carrier's first CS100 will be deployed to New York once deliveries begin in spring 2018.

Speaking during a 2Q 2017 earnings call, Bastian declined to specify the exact routes the aircraft would be deployed on. However, he did note the Bombardier (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) jets would be used to both upgauge capacity on existing routes while eventually opening up new ones.

Initially, the CS100s will be used to replace 76-seater CRJ-700/900s operating "long range" services. "That will free the two class RJs to replace 50-seat airplanes that are continuing to exit the fleet and then we’ll certainly have a few new markets next year," he said. "Having 100-seat long range jets does open up some new market opportunity that we don’t have today."

Delta has orders for seventy-five CS100s with options for fifty more. The carrier has the option of converting a number of the aircraft into CS300s at a later date.

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