Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
There's an interesting Flight Ops "Approach," podcast about fleet plans.
It looks the 787's will fit size-wise between the A350-900 and -1000, but will not have the range. It will be used in thicker hub-to-"hub" markets in Europe/SA, allowing the 330-900's to fly thinner routes and explore new markets (what the ER does now.)
Also, they're going to try DPS seating as FC on the new 321-neo's rather than have the aircraft grounded waiting on D1 suites.
They also said the 787 is a replacement for the 764 in the mid 30s and that they view the 763 as a 'better' XLR for the thin/exploratory routes.
Sure sounded like they're backtracking on no ER across the pond after '24, '25, '26..., or finally admitting what I always thought they meant: no ER across the pond ^from ATL^ after '24, '25, '26 ...