winglets on 757 a/c?

[snnus]

Yea I remember the footrest in the 757 they were taken off just before the blue seats were taken out in 1998. I hear that the 757 will be used to fly from PHL to SNN, LGW, MAN, & DUB in 2006

Have not heard of the 757 going to LGW or MAN? why would they? would the 757 be an extra flight out of MAN in addition to the 330 MAN-PHL?. Probably just SNN and GLA for the 757 next year if they use them, or use them in the off season?

 

[PHL]

LGW has enough traffic to keep 767/A330's on that route, so I find it hard to envision a 757 to London. Manchester has a 330 for cargo, I'm told (like SJU). Would a 757 be able to carry the pax demand *AND* cargo from PHL-MAN? Doubt it.

And, as of now, only a handful of 757's are ETOPS certified anyway and dedicated to Hawaii. What's the time/cost to convert the others?

 

[PHX-F/A]

The hp fleet is not ex eastern only 907,913,915 were ex eastern 901-906 were ex republic and 908,909,910 were awa ordered and they are the etops a/c.

You forgot 914. It is ex Eastern as well. It was orginally registered as N518EA the serial number/line prod number is 22208/38.

All Cactus 757's are not former EA -- only 3 of them are:
913AW
914AW &
915AW

6 are from Republic Airlines -- when NWA bought out RC, they were not interested in keeping the RR powered 757's as they are all P&W powered at NW.

Four were ordered/purchased off the line by AWA:
907AW
908AW
909AW &
910AW

All of the above are RR powered, as are the US 757's.

The combined fleet is 44 aircraft; however, 1 HP (907AW) is being returned to the leasing company in early 2006, leaving 43. Which is a pretty good-size 757 fleet. Hope we can take advantage of the strengths of this aircraft...

907 was a original delevery to AWA but was from an Eastern order that was not accepted. It's configuration is Eastern.

The easiest way to see who the aircraft was originally built for is to check the airworthiness certificate posted inside over 1L. A few aircraft have it on a bulkhead in the flight deck.

If the series number is -2S7 it was built for Republic, -2G7 for America West, and -225 built for Eastern.

 

[JayBrian]

LGW has enough traffic to keep 767/A330's on that route, so I find it hard to envision a 757 to London. Manchester has a 330 for cargo, I'm told (like SJU). Would a 757 be able to carry the pax demand *AND* cargo from PHL-MAN? Doubt it.

And, as of now, only a handful of 757's are ETOPS certified anyway and dedicated to Hawaii. What's the time/cost to convert the others?

A 757 could be used to grow the route. That is add an addition flight.

 

[whlinder]

A 757 daylight flight to LON from PHL could be something to look at. Other daylight transatlantics are somewhat popular.