Originally Posted by
Flytolive
The 66 seat gap between 787-9s & -10s is exaggerated by the dramatically different seating allocations tailored to the markets they serve.
787-9: 48BF/88E+/
116Y
787-10: 44BF/21PE/45E+/
208Y (Polaris)
Now that the 787's battery issues are fixed it blows the competition away on cost and can replace 777s in most of the markets they serve. Operating an additional fleet of less efficient aircraft based on a seating gap that is easily addressed by reconfiguring existing aircraft is not compelling as UA management understands.
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-787-vs-the-airbus-a350/
It is amazing to me that DAL is not able to operate A350s on LAX-SYD when UAL has done it with 747s, 777s, & 787s. Must be an ETOPS authorization issue.
I’m just going on what UAL currently has in the 787’s. Can they change seating configuration? Sure. Look at what we are going to do to almost half the 767 fleet in the high J configuration of only 167 total seats. Or the cattle car 777.