BoeingBoy
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Depends on what you mean by unlimited - for flying the designated routes fuel is a "pass through" cost that US ultimately pays. There is probably a certain amount for ferry flying fuel that US pays - to/from maintenance bases for example. There are other "pass through" costs as well - hull insurance and landing fees come immediately to mind. Seems like PDT is taking over more and more of the ground work at smaller stations, so the RJ providers would have that covered for them. The big advantage to US is having the RJ providers finance the airplanes. That makes it somewhat easier to change the Express fleet as needed without being stuck with a bunch of RJ's that don't have a potential buyer, as AA is finding now with Eagle.Jim,
Does the mainline still provide unlimited and "free" fueling for the RJ?
Jim