DL upgrades CRJ in DLH..

Delta Airlines, which serves DLH with flights to DTW and the MSP, announced Monday some upgrades to its Duluth service. It will upgrade its 5:30 a.m. daily flight from Duluth to the Twin Cities from a

CRJ-200 to CRJ-700 and Embraer E-175 with economy and first-class cabin seating.

“A lot of the airlines in the industry are upgrading their flights from regional jets and integrating newer aircraft into their fleets,” Werner said. “What’s really cool about them is they’re getting away from compact 50-seaters. They’re bringing back first-class cabin seating.”
While it’s part of the airlines’ normal cycle of replacing older passenger planes, it benefits Duluth by offering 12 of the 76 seats as first class, he said.
“That’s extremely important for our business travelers,” he said.
Delta also will add an additional flight, using a CRJ-900 jet, on higher volume days such as the days around Grandma’s Marathon.

We hope all the 50 seaters go out of the DL system soon.

On the other hand, it seems like UA flights between MSP and DEN are now all on RJs, even one of those damn EMB-145s from time to time :(

It is nice to see an upgrade like that, though I remember when I worked for NW in 2008 in MSP, there was a pretty wide variety of planes on that route. I could swear I brought a UM to a DLH flight operated on a DC9!

I hated flying and doing ground service for the CRJ-200's with a passion.

Curious, what makes you say that about ground service? I've only worked with the CRJ-200, aside from an occasional 737 or MD88 charter (and once driving the truck deicing a CRJ-700 that diverted to our airport) and I always liked working with them.