Originally Posted by
transportprof
If this came to pass, it would be the end of United's A350 acquisition, I expect.
Why? The 767 can't fly the same ULH routes that the A350 can.
That said, the only reason it would make sense for UA to do something like this is if it became clear that the 'paper airplane' 797 is not going to be developed / take much longer than expected. Or maybe they are deciding to implement widebody p.s. on a lot more TCON routes (one can dream, right?!).
The absolute number sounds too big to be UA, though. It also sounds way too ambitious given what they have been doing ever since Kirby showed up.