Originally Posted by
Rutan16
The 764s used on Washington were NOT driven by demand more rather aircraft utilisation .
The 764 is primarily used on economy heavy routes from the east coast whilst most of the 763 fleet are now very premium heavy
Indeed those premium heavy 763s have Fewer seats than the 757s and just 99 in steerage and I don’t think the 757 are used on many other routes from Dulles anyway.
I suppose the question remains why/if Washington ( albeit limited programme) is even viable to be honest - Except as a secondary feeder and spoke beyond IAD and reliever for Newark ( that was the case at Manchester a few years back)
No disrespect Edinburgh must have cut a favourable deal with United and Delta behind the scenes.
And true high season US point of sale is a magnitude stronger than Manchester however falls off a cliff pretty quickly.
If there’s no demand how come United and Delta still have routes through W22?
From what I have seen the IAD route performed strongly in S22 so really don’t get where you think that it’s not a viable route.