Originally Posted by
JimInOhio
Some those seasonal routes where a 752 is used may only be seasonal because the aircraft range is functionally less in the winter. For all I know, UA might operate a route like ORD-EDI year-round if they had the right sized aircraft that could fly it year-round.
If the XLR is only used to replace the 757, and maybe for something like this (turning a relatively short TATL into year round service), I might not hate it.
Frankly, the specs of the XLR terrify me. It's
way too much plane. I'm concerned that you'll start to see single-aisle service to Asia: SFO-HND is less than 4500nm; SFO-ICN and SFO-PEK are both just longer than 4700nm. If UA finds that the plane outperforms the specs...
