Secondly Entropy, couldn't agree with you more I would much prefer 777 whatever version on LHR route and I agree they should be picking up some 744Adv for USA route, or as Apirchik suggest, move towards an Airbus option and stick a couple of A380's on the JFK/EWR/LAX route!! Think about it LY001/27 usually leaving within an hour of each other and even though one's to EWR and other is to JFK just combine the two with A380 and 'bob's your uncle
the current fleet:
4 744
4 772ER
5 742 (1-3 pax 2-4 cargo)
6 767
6 757
I think LY would be a great launch customer for the 747Adv, they could probably use 6 of them.
IF, IF I were thinking on a 10 year time scale, I'd look at this:
744, 742, 767 -> cargo
74A x6 2x JFK, 1xEWR, 1.5 LAX
772ER x4 HKG, ZA, NRT, MIA
773ER x4 LON, CDG, BKK, BLR, DEL, BOM
787-8,9 replacing all 767 routes+ ORD, MIA, PEK, PVG, IAD
757 -> leisure
additional 73NG for intra-europe
EMB-190's for ultra short haul
why anyone would buy the A330 now I have no idea, the 787 will be MUCH better.
would be nice if they also introduced a 'premium economy' product with more legroom and maybe a little more width. Most of us are too cheap to splurge on C class but would pay a little extra to be a bit more comfortable. I found it somewhat amusing that on my flight on the sad 744, that there were only 6 people sitting up top.