Originally Posted by
bmibaby737
If you look at the routes most of the Mid J 747’s fly, they can probably get away with not having F. I.e Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix
In terms of displacing 77Ws, which I'm sure will happen, routes such as Austin and Sao Paulo probably don't have massive demand for F either.
My theory is still that the 77Ws will be refitted for premium heavy destinations, many of which tend to be shorter, and that they'll end up with an expanded new CW cabin, 10 abreast Y seating and retain an F cabin. The expanded fleet of 16 would probably work quite well for The bulk of JFK services plus the current 744 operations to Chicago, Boston, Dubai, Riyadh and Lagos with most of the other 744/77W routes going to A350 service (with or without an F cabin).
Will be interesting to see how it pans out.