Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Summer is here and widebodies are needed for the summer pickup of international travel.
The A321s were purchased for high density domestic routes. As are the 772HD 2-4-2.
UA's pricing looks similar to the competitors without lie-flats.
Originally Posted by
mac94949
I noticed that United seems to have reduced the number of 777s that go between SFO and ORD. And increased usage of A321s. I also noticed that (usually) single 777 flight for the day has the crappy old business 2-4-2 layout vs the nicer Polars 1-2-1 layout. Why did they make these (airplane-type, cabin) decisions for SFO-ORD routes? Pricing hasn't really changed. It still cost up to $1400/$2000+ for a first class seat even on a narrow body plane.
Has the number of passengers flying that route decreased? When they had several 777/787 daily options, those flights seem relatively full. But they've been replaced with narrow-bodies that carry less passengers.
But are the 772 HDs used on international flights apart from Mexico? I would think they are being deployed to domestic summer vacation destinations.
As for the old FC seats on these plans, they are lie flat and comfortable. Not a lot of storage but much better for sleeping than any current narrow body FC seats.