I suspect the loss is attributable to much fewer full-fare travelers than before the pandemic. Premium leisure is more along the lines of advance-purchase P/Z fares, on up the discount ladder. Besides that, lots of using residual value credits and dumping large FF balances.
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What market today or the near future could support those configurations? I could see a larger PremPlus but nearly 30% Polaris Business? That will depress pricing power / become an upgraders dream.
Sorry if I wasn’t clear… I was only thinking about what UA could have done with its previously-discussed (and now shelved) “higher J” configuration. I don’t think market conditions necessarily support such a subfleet at the moment.
Interestingly, we are seeing 777s creep back into EWRLHR this winter. Frequency is reduced, but along with incrementally more J/W, it’s more than double Y capacity over a 76L.