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Old May 13, 2021 | 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by oliver2002
A359 will be a massive increase in seats vs an A343. After the shock of upgauging a number of routes from A343 to B773 I doubt LX will get such high seater...
During the 2014 announcement of B779 and A359 purchases, LH showed this image:


Which shows a clear gap between the A330 and A359 where the LX and OS longhaul fleet with 250-300 seats needs replacements. This gap is more the home of a B789 or A339.

If you look at United's recent investor presentation is becomes clearer:
https://twitter.com/e_russell/status/968941766782144515

If the 5 B789 coming this winter are from Hainan with this config: https://www.hainanairlines.com/HUPor...E=GB&PAGE=BETG

Then 294 pax in a B789 that can go 9400 miles is really the upper limit of what was envisioned for the B789 (see UA matrix above). Also 26 C sounds like a rather small C, which fits the projected low C demand...
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