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DLATL777
But most are not those aircraft. Most are 20+ year old 767s with a coffin product with new upholstery that Delta calls "refurbished". The UA 787 in Polaris is superior to every single product on this route EXCEPT the odd A330-900 that is sometimes thrown in there. Ive been flying this route for 20 years and unless its an A330 Im going to EWR to avoid that crap for the amount DL charges.
There are times during the past year I've regularly seen up to 5-6 daily on 339s and 764s with the rest on 763s, which i agree aren't great. Right now it's heavy on 763s and 332/333s, but in a few weeks more 339s and 764s rotate onto the route. UA's Polaris is pretty equivalent to the 764 Delta One seats in my opinion.
Looking at March 31st (i just had to book for that Tuesday so I'll use it as the example): United is operating 10 nonstops that day with 1 x 789 with Polaris, 1 x 777 with Polaris, 2 x 777s with dorm style business class, 6 x 757-200. Delta also operating 10 nonstops that day with 1 x A330-900neo, 2 x 767-400, 2 x A330-200, 1 x A330-300, 4 x 767-300ER. I realize it depends on the day, but in my opinion, despite the 763 D1 seats not being good, Delta still had a way better fleet mix on the route than United.