Originally Posted by EWR764

Probably. Widebodies aren't going away on the EWR transcons. The current EWR-LAX/SFO 757 schedule, plus winter BOS-LAX/SFO, plus a prospective ~15x JFK-LAX/SFO schedule would occupy about 30 or so frames of flying, leaving another 10 to be allocated elsewhere. This does not count deploying some XLRs on transcon routes between international flights (50 on order).



Yes. The 321s will likely be used on JFK-SFO/LAX when they relaunch.



Maybe. As it is now, outside of LAX/SFO, 757s from IAD are pretty rare. I'm not sure the market would support a huge expansion of domestic flat bed flying, or at least pay a meaningful premium for it.

BOS has the premium demand, and I think United would prefer to capture it year-round if it had the airplanes to do it.