Originally Posted by
sbm12
Yes, but United wants the wide-body aircraft for long-haul routes. Especially now that international demand is rebounding. It needs the planes to be able to serve those markets, not just domestic.
Right - these will free up the 77W and 772s that are currently being used for t-con and west coast - Hawaii. But I wouldn't expect to see an expansion of domestic lie-flat routes, which someone had posited above.