<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FWAAA:
Rather than try to fill up 400 seats on a 747 to London . . . And until three years ago when the 777s began showing up, AA (and many other carriers) flew 767s across the Atlantic.
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UA serves LHR with 767s and 777s. The vast majority of UA's 747 routes are over the Pacific to high traffic destinations like SIN, HKG, NRT etc. I can attest from personal experience that these 747s can get quite full.