Originally Posted by
jsloan
Why is that hard to believe? The ACTs take up room in the cargo hold, and they're heavy even when empty. It sounds like their intent was to use the original A321 order for moderate-length routes where they needed extra capacity; for that, you don't need any ACTs.
Yes, I find it hard to believe UA would intentionally spec a mainline a/c that can't fly all lower 48 routes. Every UA 737 variant (AFAIK) can do that. This is why I was wondering if these were a/c already locked in by someone else's order but then canceled.