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Old Feb 20, 2012, 3:09 am
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BoeingBoy
 
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Since the biggest problem for the short term is the 757 - any that can't have the lease extended as it expires or a replacement 757 found goes away with no replacement on the West side and they need them to fly the Hawaii routes.

East can only do one Hawaii route, and the "route" could be important since it could be defined as multiple flights to the same Hawaiian airport. With 2 flights a day to a couple of Hawaiian destinations that leaves some slack but Parker has said at crew news sessions that the 767 is not a suitable replacement for the Hawaiian market since it's better used for trans-Atlantic routes with a better mix of leisure and business. However, if push came to shove the East could in theory operate up to 4 flights/day to Hawaii.

However, as more 332's arrive US could do some up-gauging if needed - put 767's on routes like Hawaii or the current northwestern Europe 757 routes, put 332's on some 767 routes, etc if they don't need the 332's for additional service. The limition on East operating PHX-Hawaii would still affect how much they could do that on those routes but the trans-Atlantic is a lot more susceptible to up-gauging for any East 757's that go away.

Jim

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