Originally Posted by
NYTA
Interesting, side note - I'm flying RJ in October and the TLV-AMM flight is on a 787. Seems crazy to me for such a short route but maybe they are using it for crew familiarization.
It's not that unusual and happens from time to time, probably based on load...
While very uncommon in Europe, in Asia for example it is far more common to have wide body jets on short-haul and even domestic flights.