After cerealmarketer’s posting regarding NW’s 787’s I thought I start one over here for us OnePass’ers to discuss.

CO’s getting in these new birds circa 2008/2009 (does anyone know the exact date?) and as such, do you think they will announce any new routes prior to their arrival?

If so, where do you think the 787s will fly out of: EWR, CLE or IAH – and where too?

Will MBM3 get his CLE-CDG/AMS flight? Will punished-edmonton be blessed with a YEG dreamliner on the route? Perhaps Vincom will get his EWR-GUM n/s or entropy his 3rd daily EWR-TLV flight? Can LawFlyer look forward to charming FRA gate agents for a new n/s service to IAH? (Or perhaps they’ll run a jet down I-10 to take J.Edward to school every morning )

NW is configuring the 787’s with 35J/185Y (about 16% premium seats) for comparison CO’s 777 have a 48J to 235Y (about 17% premium seats). Moreover, it is speculated NW will send these birds on their high yielding Asia routes.

If CO want’s to use these birds on the long, thin Asia runs and as Larry commented the 777’s don’t have enough seats (and by that I mean a J to Y ratio) for Asia should we expect a 787 with a higher percentage of BF seats? Or should we expect a similar configuration to the 767s?

Do you think any routes that are currently 777’s will be downsized to the 787? If so, what routes and where will the displaced 777’s go to? Or, on the flip side of the coin, will current 767 routes be upgraded to 787 service?

Your thoughts?