I'm off to Asia for a vacation next week and one of the joys of intra-Asia travel is the assortment of widebodies on even very short segments. That got me thinking and wondering why that's not the case elsewhere.

For example, some very short sectors in Asia will get large widebodies whereas in North America or Europe we will get narrowbodies.

Is it solely a function of demand? I sure wish we had more widebodies flying domestically in the US.

I'm curious about the demand, economics, etc. All very fascinating - would love if someone could shed some insight. Thanks!