Originally Posted by
kebosabi
Where would it be used for? MIA-NRT?
Anyone who's been on 772 routes that consistently fill up could suggest other potential routes.
DFW-FRA, ORD-LHR, JFK-LHR (especially with the reduced AA capacity starting in April), possibly flights into NRT or PEK... It's all speculation, but I think we've all been on 772s elbow-to-elbow.
Originally Posted by
JDiver
One challenge might be the -300ER GE90-115B1 engines; AA's 777-223ERs are equipped with the Rolls Royce 895 engines, so that's lots of extra expense for maintenance and parts inventories, among others.
AA do already operate GE engines on other widebodies and have chosen them for their very-possibly-forthcoming 787-9s, so it wouldn't be entirely new ground. Indeed, across the AA fleet one would find engines from GE, Rolls, P&W
and CFMI. It would seem they don't seem put off by "diversifying" their source of engines.
