Stockholm

[BuffaloJoe]

Is the 757 capable of flying the PHL-Stockholm route?

 

[PHL]

CO does EWR-ARN in the same aircraft and it's 3414nm.

PHL-ARN is 3484nm. But US configures the ETOPS 757's with more seats, so the additional weight might put it at the edge of the envelope. That's ok, though, US can just make unscheduled fuel stops in GLA.

 

[BuffaloJoe]

CO does EWR-ARN in the same aircraft and it's 3414nm.

PHL-ARN is 3484nm. But US configures the ETOPS 757's with more seats, so the additional weight might put it at the edge of the envelope. That's ok, though, US can just make unscheduled fuel stops in GLA.

Hey that's an idea, they could utilize more planes if they would say PHL-GLA-ARN, PHL-VCE-ATH, PHL-SNN-BRU. That would give them 3 extra planes to fly somewhere new!

 

[az_wild727]

Hey that's an idea, they could utilize more planes if they would say PHL-GLA-ARN, PHL-VCE-ATH, PHL-SNN-BRU. That would give them 3 extra planes to fly somewhere new!

But people would take other airlines to get the nonstop experience. The would go w/ DL and CO instead. I think US's growth 3-at-a-time is very smart. DL's, random expansions is out of whack.

 

[PHL]

DL's, random expansions is out of whack.

Not when you consider the destinations (Moscow, Tel Aviv, Cairo, etc.) and their origin (JFK). It is amazing, however, to consider how much PHL has grown to serve so many European markets in such a short time.

 

[NevadaHP]

Is the 757 capable of flying the PHL-Stockholm route?

I dunno the other night LAS-FLL 757 was weight restricted 30 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BuffaloJoe]

I dunno the other night LAS-FLL 757 was weight restricted 30 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eastbound? But then there were some nasty T-Storms and flights were going all around them. Back in 1992/1993 I flew TW, STL-SJC and we had to fly south to Austin and then to SJC. TW had a 767 on that route at the time and I had the entire center three seats to myself.

 

[Pennsylvania_born]

I dunno the other night LAS-FLL 757 was weight restricted 30 people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 757 trans-Atlantic service is really a good example of what this airline is and what it can be. Kirby stated these planes will be used for western European service for about 8 years as the fleet gets smaller and the domestic service is covered by 321's. The single aisle 757 can barely reach these destinations and is not the optimum aircraft. They are just what we have available, and international flying is where the money and growth is, so, they are meeting the need temporarily.The real plane for this service is the smallest of the new generation wide bodies. This airline needs to get its act together and the employees need to get their differences settled and we can move on to running a great airline and making some money.

 

[CLTBWIDAYSYR]

As a side note, our inaugural ARN-PHL flight today left over three hours late. Way to go, US!

 

[BuffaloJoe]

The 757 trans-Atlantic service is really a good example of what this airline is and what it can be. Kirby stated these planes will be used for western European service for about 8 years as the fleet gets smaller and the domestic service is covered by 321's. The single aisle 757 can barely reach these destinations and is not the optimum aircraft. They are just what we have available, and international flying is where the money and growth is, so, they are meeting the need temporarily.The real plane for this service is the smallest of the new generation wide bodies. This airline needs to get its act together and the employees need to get their differences settled and we can move on to running a great airline and making some money.

Boeing has some B767-300's on their website listed for sale. And the 767-200's are listed still as available for order.

 

[zethya]

As a side note, our inaugural ARN-PHL flight today left over three hours late. Way to go, US!

This is the 2nd year for ARN - 2006 was the inaugural flight.

 

[FutureUScapt]

The single aisle 757 can barely reach these destinations and is not the optimum aircraft. They are just what we have available, and international flying is where the money and growth is, so, they are meeting the need temporarily.The real plane for this service is the smallest of the new generation wide bodies.

Perhaps someone should alert CO about this - they seem to have flown 757s across the pond for years now, and on routes that are longer than ones US flies.

In all seriousness though, the 757 can fly the same route a 767 can at a 25% less cost. The wide bodies, even the 762 and 787, are probably too big to profitably fly some of the TA routes that are now being flown (PHL-GLA and EWR-BRS for example) by the 757.

 

[usairways85]

The 757 trans-Atlantic service is really a good example of what this airline is and what it can be. Kirby stated these planes will be used for western European service for about 8 years as the fleet gets smaller and the domestic service is covered by 321's. The single aisle 757 can barely reach these destinations and is not the optimum aircraft. They are just what we have available, and international flying is where the money and growth is, so, they are meeting the need temporarily.The real plane for this service is the smallest of the new generation wide bodies. This airline needs to get its act together and the employees need to get their differences settled and we can move on to running a great airline and making some money.

You better tell that to CO, they have been effectively flying 752's across the pond for several years now. I have never flown on a TA 752 but i would imagine CO makes an effort to provide similar comfort on a 752 as they do 762/764/772. Appears as though US dropped the ball on that one.

 

[crj58]

Boeing has some B767-300's on their website listed for sale. And the 767-200's are listed still as available for order.

What are the West's Pilot restrictions for flying widebodies? Are they still permitted to fly to two European destinations and two to the Carribean?
Would the 767-300ER be regareded as a new type?