Originally Posted by
PsiFighter37
UA is taking delivery of more 789s, and their 752 fleet is stretched to the max already. I would argue that longer routes should be more likely than shorter routes, unless they will upgauge some flights to free up 767s and 752s.
Good points. The flip side is some of these longer routes require multiple aircraft just to operate 1X/day. By contrast, an E175 can do multiple routes in a day by itself. Also, I'm sure UA is counting on MAX9s going back into service before these new routes go live.