akerosid,
As always I enjoy your opinions, but can you explain the last line about 'moving to a more suitable aircraft'?
Since the A330 has been in operation for 17 years now with EI, I would have thought by this stage that they could get the very best out of the aircraft and probably learnt a thing or 2 about it over the years.
On the other aircraft idea, theres Boeing
747 - too big
777 - very expensive
767 - been there, done that, Old and slow technology
757 - 200ER for thinner routes? Works for American, Delta and Continenal, why not EI?
787 - Will it ever make it?
Then there is the cost base for training pilots, crew, engineering with Boeing all over again, so in reality I cant see that happening.
Again, I have said it but can never see it happening is the development of the A321 on thinner routes.
So what else except the A330?