Originally Posted by
BearX220
I flew single-aisle aircraft across the pond until the mid-1970s and began flying 757s transatlantic in, I think, the mid-to-late '90s, so from my perspective the insistence than only twin-aisle planes can possibly do is kind of odd.
My thought as well. I flew TATL in a 757 as recently as 2008, but it was PHL-LGW, not as far as some of the routes now being mentioned. On the other hand, I recently flew ARN-EWR, and while I was on SAS in an A330, I noticed that United flies the route with a 752, and the block time is more than 8 hours.
To my mind, some widebody aircraft are no more comfortable than single-aisle planes. Although the A330 is my first choice for TATL, I have not found an A340 or a 777 (in Y) any more comfortable than a 757.