Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
the 787-10 a 12 hr aircraft it would stretch to make SFO to NRT, even SFO to Europe. These aircraft will be put in EWR IAD and IAH and eventually ORD once the new terminal is built.
The most interesting thing to watch is where the 764 will go. With the FAs merged in OCT and the 787-10 going to EWR i predict the 764 will slide into ORD and possibly back into IAH.
If you look at 764 flying and high density 777 flying you will see where the 787-10 is going to fly from EWR.
The 787-9 is advertised as a 7635 NM range by Boeing, we use it on SFO-SIN which is a 7340 NM route by Great Circle.
The 787-10 is advertised as a 6430 NM range by Boeing. To say it would be a stretch to go the 4450 NM great circle from SFO-NRT or even the 4950 from SFO-FRA grossly understates the aircraft's capabilities. Don't know that we will use it on those routes, but anything under 6000NM would be doable for the aircraft.
Looks like we will configure the -10s with 318 seats. So just between a 777-200 (280-290 seats in new configuration) and 777-300 (366 seats in the new configuration)
Knowing the way that aircraft routing seemed to have ADHD when it came to 777 vs 747 previously, I think it will definitely be interesting to watch how they handle 767-4,777-2,777-3, and 787-10 routing as we go forward. Probably won't be fun for us, but definitely interesting.
Chasing flying is going to become even more difficult!!