Originally Posted by
VickersVicount
Last media quote was
”United plans to take delivery of the first A321XLR in 2024 and expects to begin international service with the aircraft in 2025”
So still a significant wait and thats assuming no production delays. Then likely to be only one base eg EWR to start.
Also my understanding, and reason I said some contraction however temporary.
Skip at some point they need to replace the Hawaiian 772 fleet and a high premium 787 ain’t gonna be the right creature and I conjecture neither are the max or 321s .
Some of those 787-10 frame really are he best vehicle and certain won’t demand 65 premium seats imho. The clapped out 777-222 aircraft can be swapped with 10 on an almost 1 for 1 basis at some point still that probably another three to five years out at the moment