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Old Jun 29, 2008 | 5:42 pm
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Originally Posted by DrBeeper
Originally Posted by Cheap Elite
Show me a route where another carriers flies a 777 and Continental flies a 737?
Here we go: I can fly AA on a 777 from LAX-DFW. On LAX-IAH there are 737. Not the same route, but close. Also, CO also flies a 757 on the LAX-IAH route, but most seem to be 737.

AA may have taken the 777 off the LAX-DFW route for all I know.
UA also runs wide-bodies on some of their inter-hub routings. DL runs wide-bodies from ATL out west or to MCO (at least they used to for MCO) to increase utilization. And CO runs a couple wide-bodies between EWR and IAH, too. CO does it less frequently and CO has fewer hubs. But they do it. We're not talking about AA running a 777 on DEN-SLC or something like that.

AA also has 767s on JFK-MIA/SFO/LAX. Not a 777, but a wide-body against routes where CO is almost completely 73x.

Also keep in mind that most of DLs domestic wide-bodies are in a domestic config, not BizE. UA and AA are a mixed bag on that front, with some of each.
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