NEW PSA CRJ200s SET TO REPLACE SOME AIRBUS NARROWBODIES Business Aviation11/03/2003 NEW PSA CRJ200s SET TO REPLACE SOME AIRBUS NARROWBODIES - The 60 Bombardier 50-seat CRJ200s entering service with US Airways' subsidiary PSA Airlines will replace not only the regional's Dornier 328 turboprops, but also mainline Airbus A319s and A320s. At a CRJ200 delivery ceremony in Montreal, US Airways Vice President-Fleet Jeffery McDougle told BA affiliate Aviation Daily the airline would use some of PSA's CRJ200s to serve lower-traffic markets and move the Airbus planes back to its hubs. US Airways is increasing flights to the Caribbean, so some of the Airbus planes would be shifted to those routes, he added. PSA, meanwhile, anticipates load factors for the CRJ200s in the upper 50 percent range, Airline President Dick Pfennig said. He doesn't anticipate cutting frequencies now that the airline is using the larger RJs, noting PSA has too little capacity in many of its 328 markets. "We definitely need the additional seats," he said. The Dayton, Ohio-based regional initially plans to fly the -200s from Dayton to Washington National and New York LaGuardia, and from Dayton to US Airways' hubs in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The carrier will also offer connecting flights through Philadelphia to Ottawa, Richmond, Va., and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa. The CRJ200s will fly to about 48 cities by this time next year, PSA said. The airline has trained about 47 percent of its mechanics to service the -200s, and about 50 pilots have completed training. PSA Vice President-Operations Timothy Keuscher said about 109 pilots should finish training by the end of the year.