Originally Posted by
andrewwm
Nonsense. AA flies the 757 to markets such as JFK-CDG, which, if I recall correctly, caused outraged posts from certain members when UA tried this from IAD.
It's actually a 763 year-round - I should know, I flew it last year. A 757 seems to be summer only, when, you know, it's less likely to divert than in the winter months. Good planning.
Originally Posted by
andrewwm
If it were soley diversion rates, then why haven't any of the routes that diverted at much higher rates (e.g. EWR-TXL, EWR-CPH) been switched?
Well, CPH has been discontinued...I'm sure a 757 didn't help things.
As for TXL - this is the route they switch back and forth between a 757 and a 767, IIRC (and did a Gander stop just this week). If there wasn't such a deficit of widebodies at the moment, maybe it would be a 67 year round.