Hello there again! en dank je wel voor het welkom

Just to comment some bit on how I found out about the 717 order. Last week I was talking with a CRJ-200 pilot of Tyrolean. I inquired about if he would be interested in flying the larger CRJ-700 and if Tyrolean would make a same move as Lufthansa did (they acquired CRJ7 after D8’s, CRJ1 & CRJ2) He responded with a big no, because they were going to start training for the B717 for which Tyrolean and other members will take a big order in the near future.

He told me that with the B717 (and combination of the Fokker 70/CRJ200/B737(Lauda)/MD87(Austrian)) they will not have a need for the CRJ7. Lufthansa’s fleet structure is a different one in comparison with the Austrian Group’s one: LH have the B146/B735/CRJ7 to cover for the B717 and not yet ready to be replaced whilst OS has a need for the F70 of Tyrolean, M87 of Austrian and B733 of Lauda to be replaced. Later on the week a representative told me remembering reading about it internally, but was not able to comment any more. So I must admit the fragile status of this message, but it is certainly worth keeping an eye on.

With kind regards!