why does the 762 ever come to IAH?
Apr 17, 2007 | 11:45 pm
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why does the 762 ever come to IAH?
i have taken the 762 quite a few times out of iah. once to and from mco and the rest to and from ewr.
why is it even in iah? i didnt think there were any long hauls with the 762 out of iah except for maybe the continuation of the ewr-iah-eze flight.
i know there used to be a iah-mco flight and a iah-lax, but i do not think they exist anymore. i do see a couple daily flights back and forth between iah and ewr.
why do they do that?
are the planes otherwise idle in between TATL trips from ewr? do they acutally need them for load purposes on ewr-iah-ewr?
are they best used to go in between hubs or could they be better utilized going to fla, phx, las, den or cali from ewr?
why is it even in iah? i didnt think there were any long hauls with the 762 out of iah except for maybe the continuation of the ewr-iah-eze flight.
i know there used to be a iah-mco flight and a iah-lax, but i do not think they exist anymore. i do see a couple daily flights back and forth between iah and ewr.
why do they do that?
are the planes otherwise idle in between TATL trips from ewr? do they acutally need them for load purposes on ewr-iah-ewr?
are they best used to go in between hubs or could they be better utilized going to fla, phx, las, den or cali from ewr?
Apr 18, 2007 | 4:34 am
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For the summer schedule, all 10 762s are on longhauls each night. The other one is overnighting in IAH, after coming down from EWR as CO63 in the afternoon. It probably then acts as spare, or is doing light maintenance before going back to EWR next day.
The 762 is the hardest working plane in CO's widebody fleet, and I'm sure the whole fleet too:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=680812
During the summer, 9 planes are on longhauls each night, and one at IAH. The only down time are the two daytime layovers in GRU and EZE.
As for EWR-IAH, one pair is between the continuation of EZE service. One pair (CO49, CO152), is after the GRU comes back to EWR, and before night-time EWR-Europe run. Another plane comes down from EWR to IAH as 63, then overnight in IAH, presumably for maintenance.
Why not put on other routes?
I can think of these reasons:
- They can do maintenance
- They can protect the other routes better from a hub if a plane has mechanical
- The 762 has more seats in front than any other CO domestic fleet. There's enough premium traffic as is between the hub - ask the plats what are their EUA success rate.
The 762 is the hardest working plane in CO's widebody fleet, and I'm sure the whole fleet too:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=680812
During the summer, 9 planes are on longhauls each night, and one at IAH. The only down time are the two daytime layovers in GRU and EZE.
As for EWR-IAH, one pair is between the continuation of EZE service. One pair (CO49, CO152), is after the GRU comes back to EWR, and before night-time EWR-Europe run. Another plane comes down from EWR to IAH as 63, then overnight in IAH, presumably for maintenance.
Why not put on other routes?
I can think of these reasons:
- They can do maintenance
- They can protect the other routes better from a hub if a plane has mechanical
- The 762 has more seats in front than any other CO domestic fleet. There's enough premium traffic as is between the hub - ask the plats what are their EUA success rate.
Apr 18, 2007 | 1:42 pm
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Apr 18, 2007 | 2:00 pm
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I got a surprise ride on it a few months back MSY-IAH. Mardi Gras was the likely culprit.
Apr 18, 2007 | 2:26 pm
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Let me elaborate further about the utilization of the 762s. During summer 2007, at each night (say midnight EDT), the planes will be at:
5 planes flying from EWR to GRU, DUB, ZRH, FCO & MXP (ATH replacing MXP after 6/7)
1 plane GRU to EWR
1 plane either flying EWR to CDG, or IAH to AMS
1 plane IAH to EZE
1 plane EZE to IAH
1 plane overnight at IAH
Because there's often a spare 764 at EWR but no spare 762, you sometimes see either the ZRH or MXP substituted by the 764.
5 planes flying from EWR to GRU, DUB, ZRH, FCO & MXP (ATH replacing MXP after 6/7)
1 plane GRU to EWR
1 plane either flying EWR to CDG, or IAH to AMS
1 plane IAH to EZE
1 plane EZE to IAH
1 plane overnight at IAH
Because there's often a spare 764 at EWR but no spare 762, you sometimes see either the ZRH or MXP substituted by the 764.