I was just doing a little poking around Delta.com looking at flight options to Miami in May. I noticed their daily nonstop flights from DCA to Miami were now scheduled to be aboard Compass EMB 175’s, and not Airbus 319’s like my most recent experience. A little looking around narrowed the equipment change date to April 1. So if you’re hoping for a nonstop mainline alternative to American on this route, better fly before then. DCA to Tampa appears to switch from mainline to Delta Connection on the same day.
The EMB 175’s appear to have 12 First Class seats, and I have always found the EMB 170-190 family to be more like a real airliner than their other RJ cousins. Don’t know if this will lead me back to AA for my Miami flights or not. Anyone have experience with the Compass EMB 175’s?
While E-170/175 might be classified as a RJ by US carriers, I consider it equivalent to mainline for purposes of plane selection. It is comfortable, and in some ways, better than some of the 737s that are still flying around. And AC even does a wonderful job operating these as mainline.
@Gary
Yep, that’s the thing…SkyPesos. I wish UA would add mainline to MIA back to the schedule at IAD.
Flew a Shuttle America E170 ATL-CMH last Feb. Was a nice flight, comfortable airplane.
And no Skypesos!
I’ll concur with Mal. Like a main line plane with same service. I’ve always had good FAs on Compass.
Flew on the E175 from MSP to IAD a couple of years back. They were pleasant enough. Felt like a full size jet. nothing really to complain about. I personally wouldn’t call them an RJ but they are more like a smaller mainline imo.