Replacing Hawaiian’s 717

Yesterday, our friends at Visual Approach produced an intriguing analysis of the A220 and E2 as replacements for the 717 at Hawaiian Airlines. The market has changed in a big way since the 717 achieved EIS. There are two options for Hawaiian: the A220 and E2.  We want to recognize the analysis by Visual Approach, which got us thinking about this. 

Only Delta flies the 717 and the current generation.  We could look at Delta to see the tradeoff, but that would only compare the aging 717 with the A220 (both models).  That would exclude the E2.  So, we need to dig deeper.