Originally Posted by sailingfun

United picked up the LHR and South America stuff in 90 and 91. One thing not mentioned on here is that while UAL historically has had more widebody aircraft the average number of seats per aircraft was larger at Delta for a long time period. UAL had few mid sized aircraft while Delta had a huge 757/767 fleet. UAL was a massive 737 operation with widebodies above that. I suspect today they have more seats per aircraft in part because we have added a large 100 to 130 seat fleet and downsized the 757 fleet. UAL has exited the 100 seat market at the mainline. It also would depend on if you count all their parked 777’s in the fleet totals. Last published number is 52 we’re parked as of 1 May. Give or take a few airframes Delta has 102 operating Aircraft 764-400/A330 or larger. America 112 and UAL about 120. If UAL brings back the parked 777’s they will of course have a big advantage over Delta and American.