PlaneFan From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 19 posts, RR: 0 Posted (8 years 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2619 times:
I just checked out Flightarrivals.com and it showed that AA 341 today from LGA to ORD is a 763! Is that new? I thought that the ORD/LGA route was almost exclusively MD 80's with the occasional 752.
RamerinianAir From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1486 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2443 times:
I am surprised that the 762 isn't subed more often. They have very similar capasity even though the 762 has slightly less seats.
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Kahala777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (8 years 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2413 times:
Quoting RamerinianAir (Reply 2): I am surprised that the 762 isn't subed more often
The 767-200 is not common, or is not used at all in operations at Dallas/DFW or Chicago/ORD. The only 4 current U.S. airports that recieve the 767-200 are Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York.JFK, and Miami. San Juan, as well if you count that!
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4684 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2202 times:
I'm somewhat surprised that AA will swap out a 767 for smaller aircraft. That used to be common when 767s and DC-10s were used on a lot of domestic routes. But it seems that AA would rather back up the flights than try to consolidate flights to larger aircraft when there are delays.
A couple of weeks ago, DL cancelled an ATL-ORD flight operated with an MD-80. The next flight, which was also an MD-80, was upgraded to a 767-300. I haven't seen a DL 767 at ORD since early 2002.
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25869 posts, RR: 79 Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 2118 times:
Quoting RamerinianAir (Reply 2): I am surprised that the 762 isn't subed more often. They have very similar capasity even though the 762 has slightly less seats.
The AA 762ER's are LAX/JFK based and rotate onto the SFO ops from there, as well as MIA and SJU for utilization. Also, the capacity is something like a 30 seat difference and the seating is different, though still 3 class.
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MIASkies From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 1336 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 2077 times:
MIA gets 762 service to JFK and ocassional routing from other major 762 cities, I flew the 762 from SFO to MIA back in February; it was subsituting the 763 that was suppose to fly the route.
AA777223ER From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 220 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1892 times:
Quoting Kahala777 (Reply 3): The only 4 current U.S. airports that recieve the 767-200 are Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York.JFK, and Miami. San Juan, as well if you count that!
USAFHummer From United States of America, joined May 2000, 10685 posts, RR: 54 Reply 10, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 1869 times:
Ckfred From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 4684 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (8 years 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1770 times:
San747:
Before September 11th, DL ran mostly 757s and 767s on ATL-ORD. There were also L-1011s, until they were retired. After, the route has become mostly 737s and MD-80s. I know that DL has put 757s on the route, at times, flying late northbound, and then making the first or second departure the next day.
Kahala777:
At ORD, AA just doesn't swap out planes for larger aircraft, like it did in the 90s. It used to be that virtually every flight out of ORD to beyond the Rockies was either a DC-10 or 767, and AA used to fly 767s to DFW, LGA, and even YUL.
With the DC-10s gone and the 767-300s flying so many trans-Atlantic routes, there just aren't any widebodies available to use when flights get cancelled due to weather.
AA decided to add a lot of flights between ORD and DFW, so that if flights were cancelled, stranded passengers could be put on flights to DFW and make a connection. I think AA ran 10 or 12 flights a day in the early 90s, but shortly before September 11th, that route had 23 roundtrips each day.
Fleet Service From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 622 posts, RR: 2 Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 1627 times:
We had a 763 operating ORD-LGA-ORD due to WX cancellations in and out of LGA on that day.
Pax and bags from cancelled flights were loaded up and sent on their way.
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