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Fourstripe From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 97 posts, RR: 0
Posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1187 times:

Hello all!

Why did American Airlines switch from a 777 to a 767 on the DFW-ZRH route? I always enjoyed those PTV's.

-David

“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” - Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

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AAJAXFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 1, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 1032 times:

Probably felt it would be better served with that capacity and a two-class aircraft, shifting the three-class layout to another route where the demand for various premium tiers exists.

Mx330 From Mexico, joined Oct 2002, 818 posts, RR: 18
Reply 2, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 993 times:

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Ual747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 978 times:

It's been switched for a while. I think the switch came sometime after Sept 11. Last I flew DFW-ZRH was on the 777 and that was New Years 2001.

UAL747

Ssides From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4059 posts, RR: 23
Reply 4, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 901 times:

Probably more leisure pax on DFW-ZRH than routes such as DFW-FRA, DFW-CDG and DFW-LGW. Plus, with expanded service to places like EZE, AA probably thought the 777s could be used better on other routes.

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Fourstripe From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 97 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 818 times:

Probably felt it would be better served with that capacity and a two-class aircraft, shifting the three-class layout to another route where the demand for various premium tiers exists.

Ok.... but the 767 (200 I believe) have a 3 class international configuration. If I remember correctly AA only has a 2 class configuration on the 763 which flies mostly domestic markets.

-David

“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” - Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

Thunder9 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 216 posts, RR: 7
Reply 6, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 776 times:

Fourstripe --

DFW-ZRH is a 763. The 762's are used for domestic transcon flights in markets such as JFK-LAX where there are folks willing to pay big $$ for 3-class service.

-J

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Qqflyboy From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 2198 posts, RR: 14
Reply 7, posted (9 years 3 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 753 times:

David, the 763 flies international, with a few exceptions throughout the system. The 3-class 762s are used for transcons (ie LAX-JFK). American reconfigured the 763 to a two-class to better capitalize on revenue in European markets. However, London still gets 777s as it is considered a premium market.

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