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DA201
Nope. Boeing advertises the 78J as a "shorter range" twin because the 789 and 788 can both fly farther, but it still has a pretty impressive range at 6,430 mmi. It is far enough for any LAX/SFO/DEN-Europe flight. That being said, UA has said they are flying the 78Js from EWR to Europe.
DEN-CDG is a very good candidate because LH already flies DEN-MUC/FRA and WK flies seasonal DEN-ZRH. Plus, DY flies seasonal DEN-CDG and UA has shown it is willing to compete head to head against DY by starting DEN-LHR and making EWR-FCO year round.
The only year round daily intercontinental flight from ORD on AA is about to be LHR. On the other hand, UA has year round daily AMS/PEK/BRU/FRA/HKG/LHR/MUC/CDG/GRU/PVG/NRT. UA was rumored to be looking at ORD-TLV, but it seems IAD got the route instead. I think the new "UA route" from ORD is ORD-AKL on JV partner NZ.
Plus, UA is starting ORD-BJX in October... isn't that a new international route for ORD?
I wish that UA continued LAX-BJX, but they would run that flight 2x/day, with one being the middle of the day and a late night redeye.