It will be interesting to see if they actually discuss what routes they plan on using them on. Thus far just the vague Europe discussion.

The 787-10 does have less range, but could still be used on EWR-NRT or EWR-TLV prob even EWR-PEK. Not to mention they could even do some 787-9 routes out of EWR and have the 787-10 take over some of the SFO routes. So, does it just do the shorter range Europe stuff or does it also poach some of the more popular 777 routes??

And what new routes do we see? Thus far IAD-TLV, but with 9 787-10s, 1 777-300, and 3 767-300s coming before next summer, we are going to need several more new routes, increased frequencies on existing routes, or parking of airplanes. I know we have the first heavy maintenance cycle coming up on the original 787-8s, but that doesn't account for 13 new airplanes worth of lift.

Even with additional guidance the EWR 787 bidding and associated backfills should be good for us all. (Maybe even some movement for us lowly ORD folks- you know that city where we are headquartered!)

Hopefully more good news coming, but we are certainly blessed as these are definitely "interesting times"!