Bombardier Commercial Aircraft officially launched the new CRJ550 aircraft, the first triple-class 50-seat aircraft in the world. The CRJ550 is a new CRJ Series aircraft model, with a new type certificate based on the CRJ700. United Airlines is the launch customer of this new model.
Analysis
What we are seeing here is a long awaited revival of the CRJ700. For many US airlines the switch from the 50-seater regional jet to a 76-seater (like E-175 and CRJ900) was too big a leap
. Regional airline interest in the CRJ700 was short lived as several airlines did go for the larger CRJ900.
Insight
There is another driver behind this move. United is ideal launch customer because it has fallen behind its competitors in terms of product offering. As Bloomberg notes “Both American and Delta have a dozen first-class seats on their regional jets carrying passengers from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport to major hubs. United has older 50-seat jets, all with economy seating.”
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