Originally Posted by
oliver2002
I always use this little chart from a 2018 United investor conference:
The A359 has a better range than the B77L and B77W. AI can't use the Vistara B789 to the US because they don't have a decent crew rest (Vistara got SQ regional B789 configs for some reason as they never contemplated ULH flights to the US when they ordered those aircraft)
That is a cool chart, but it does seem slightly off... the 772, and 77W are in the right places, while the 789 should be at 8700SM, the A359 should be at around 9300SM, and the A35K and 778 should both be at around 10,000SM. The A359 range compared to the 77L (not in the chart) is less than 100SM off (77L should be around 9400SM). I think this only makes the A350 more obvious as the aircraft of choice for the ULH North American routes, and I'd expect to see the A350 on all those routes once AI has taken delivery of enough of them.