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Dec 9, 2014 | 10:46 am

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Originally Posted by matrixwalker2012

Say if for some reason, UA were to decide to launch a LAX-GUM nonstop, what plane in UA's fleet would be capable of handling it?

LAX-GUM comes in at 6089 miles, so that would rule out the 77A, and I'm guessing it'd rule out the 764 as well, could the 763 make it or would that be a stretch as well on the westbound leg? Would LAX-GUM only be viable on a 787-8 given that it'd probably be a long and thin route? Would there be enough demand to fill up a 777-200ER?

I doubt there's demand (passengers and cargo). UA is probably fine with routing pax thru HNL, and trying to get more F-paying passengers into that cabin. A LAX-GUM flight would cannibalize (a little) the mainland to HNL and (more so) HNL-GUM routes.

There's not a lot of options (none currently more convenient than via HNL) to Guam on other airlines, so UA doesn't really have incentive to cannibalize existing routes.

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