Originally Posted by
EWR764
Yep... although routes like LIH-LAX/SFO will likely keep 757s of some variant due to performance limitations of the 737s. Expect to see sCO 752s (flat beds and all) make a return to the Islands in 2014, too.
Is the 757-200 the only equipment that can fly LIH-SFO? Can the 753 make it?
Do you think that UA will use the lie-flat 752 rather than reserve a few domestic 752s rather than retire them?
Originally Posted by
Kacee
The 764 flights out of SFO are horribly timed. Late afternoon departure from SFO means you do not get a full day in Hawaii (unlike the morning SFO departures) and very early morning HNL departure means you likewise do not get to enjoy a final day in the islands (again, unlike the mid-day and red-eye HNL departures). I would love to see them fly the 764 ex-SFO early morning and ex-HNL for the red-eye.
I wonder if they could make the schedule work for that?
OTOH, the current schedule might work out better for the business traveler originating in Hawaii - they get a day flight to SFO with decent connections everywhere except the east coast and good connections in SFO for the return trip.
I also wonder whether there's a schedule that has good fleet utilization as the current one. Also, I wonder if UA is intentionally overnighting the equipment at HNL for maintenance?