1. American Airlines pilots, though, say they fear that the airline will use the planes to replace bigger jets on routes that they now fly. 2. Analysts expect the orders to continue as airlines around the world use growing profits to replace old jets and add new ones. 3. Airlines are using propeller-driven planes to replace jets on more and more routes as a way to cut costs and help stem losses. 4. Continental studied markets in which jets were replaced with turboprops and vice versa. 5. It is much cheaper to replace engines and communications systems than to replace cargo jets, Crockett said. 6. Major airlines have replaced jets with propeller planes on many routes in recent years as a way to cut costs. 7. Now, airlines are flush with cash, and many of them are using their profits to replace old jets and add new ones. 8. Rose said he figured the most important attribute of this upturn in jet orders is the trend to replacing old jets. 9. Some are cutting routes that were unprofitable before this month, or replacing large jets with smaller regional jets. 10. The APA argued AMR would use Eagle and its lower-paid pilots to replace American jets on some routes. |