Rumor has it that CO will annouce new service Newark to Oslo serviced by a 757...It should start mid-late June.
By putting the 757 on those long haul routes (and if it could make it without stopping) the company would loose revenue in the form of passenger as well as cargo . Those Europe routes have less demand vs range and seem to fit the 757 very well. The company spends the money to have the smart folks in planning and that is why you have the 767 flying the pacific routes.JFK777 said:All those 757 CAL uses from EWR to DUB, Snn, EDI, Gla, LIs, BRU and those others should be replaced, tommorrow. Only 757's to Guam, those isalnd markets in the Pacific don't deserve such good metal; EWR does.
Maybe CLE-CDG will be more likely (in 2005?) if CAL re-hooks up with AF. CAL said, pre-911, that CLE-CDG was breakeven on the O&D alone. I'm not sure that's true about AMS, although AMS is a great airport for connections.SVQLBA said:Now, if only they would start CLE-AMS ...
Co is in this to make money. AA & DL are losing tons of money right now. You can't make money on those routes with a 65% load factor.JFK777 said:IF AA and DA can fly 767 from their hubs to all kinds of European cities so should CAL
Absolute and utter hogwash!JFK777 said:757's are fine from small markets but if New York can't sell 120 seat a day to a European city it should be served. My baseline from NYC, the biggest market in the USA, is CAL's767-200ER. Anything smaller isn't worth flying to. IF TAP Air Portigal can fly a A340 to JFK from LIS, CAL can flya bigger bird.