Originally Posted by pbarnette

It is a large airplane, yes, but it is pretty flexible in terms of DL's route structure. In one of the previous interviews with RA, he mentioned that they are very cautious about underflying a plane's range and the A333 has pretty ideal range for all of DL's TATL and LATAM network and can be utilized on some TPAC flying, especially ex-SEA. It can be a real workhorse for their fleet.

If I had to guess, I'd think that they may look at something like 10 77Ws for the truly long-range, high capacity stuff and go smaller on the rest of the 747 replacement. If they don't buy 16 direct 747 replacements, the capacity bump from the A333s might end up being relatively neutral.