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Old Jul 21, 2021 | 8:33 am
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Originally Posted by PsiFighter37
Maybe there are particular missions where UA could use the 777X (e.g. similar to how NH uses their A380s for solely NRT-HNL service), but I am not sure UA sees the value (or there is value) to having a small subfleet of a plane that would serve purely high-density routes.
The 779 can't serve "high density" routes even if United wanted it to -- it's too limited on seating capacity.
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