I agree with the others: it does't matter. It's the hard product that counts. NW's 742s were 25 years old (some maybe older) when retired. At the time their upper deck was fantastic & I always preferred it to their newer 744s.

All in all, GREAT NEWS. I was about to book a trip in Sep/Oct & that 738 leg was a burden I could not overcome. I decided on going via NRT. This change puts this route back on my travel map.