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One AA DFW-LHR Downgraded To 763

Ssides From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4059 posts, RR: 23
Posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2541 times:

I know it happens often on a seasonal basis, but one of AA's daily DFW-LHR flights is being downgraded from a 777 to a 763 in October.

What is the reasoning behind this downgrade? I guess I'm just curious as to where AA flies the extra 777.

"Lose" is not spelled with two o's!!!!

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Aisak From Spain, joined Aug 2005, 757 posts, RR: 11
Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2497 times:

I think it's not only to free up one 777 but also for operational reasons. With the winter season LHR-RDU and daylight LHR-BOS will also be downgraded to 763. As LHR was operated exclusively with 777, AA could swap aircrafts among routes to make a better use of the lkimited slots at LHR.

Now, there'll be a mix of 763 and 777 operating at LHR and downgrade one LHR-DFW might make sense from the aircrafts rotations point of view.

Ssides From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 4059 posts, RR: 23
Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2445 times:

Makes sense, esp. with lower demand in the fall & winter. I'm just curious as to the routes where AA is using the extra 777s.

"Lose" is not spelled with two o's!!!!

Aisak From Spain, joined Aug 2005, 757 posts, RR: 11
Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2427 times:

Quoting Ssides (Reply 2):
I'm just curious as to the routes where AA is using the extra 777s.

South? It makes sense to increase capacity during peak seasons. Europe in summer (April-October) and Lat-Am also in summer (November-March)

Postdata: MAD-MIA will be upgraded to a 777 so you have one new destination for these aircrafts.

DFWEagle From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 1064 posts, RR: 9
Reply 4, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 2392 times:

This is just part of a larger re-allocation of AA’s 777 and 763 resources starting this winter.

BOS-LHR (x2), DFW-LHR (x1) and RDU-LHR are all permanently downgraded to 763’s.

MIA-MAD, DFW-GRU, DFW-EZE and MIA-GRU (x2 additional flights for a total of 3 flights) are all permanently upgraded to 777’s.

MIA-SCL will be seasonally upgraded to 777 for the northern winter.

ORD-LHR will be reduced to 3x daily instead of 4x daily for the winter, while MIA-LHR will get some additional frequencies for winter.

Ryan / HKG

Bartond From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 788 posts, RR: 3
Reply 5, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2052 times:

It looks like the economy and the further weakening of the dollar vs. Euro has hurt DFW-London traffic. Even with the new wealth of connection opportunities via LHR the BA flight between DFW-LHR actually lost pax between '07 (LGW) and '08 (LHR).

Sort of confusing the way I explained it but according to DFW's website the BA flight carried less pax during April and May of 2008 than it did in the same months in 2007. I thought that moving over to LHR would increase pax demand on the DFW-LHR leg as you can get virtually anywhere via LHR.

I am not sure how the AA flight did during those months but if AA is downgrading one of the flights to a 763 something must be on the downturn. Not good news.

LAXdude1023 From Lebanon, joined Sep 2006, 6780 posts, RR: 25
Reply 6, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2022 times:

You have three routes downgraded to 763's.

2 BOS-LHR
1 DFW-LHR
1 RDU-LHR

4 planes total

You have four routes being upgraded to 777's.

1 MIA-MAD
1 DFW-GRU
1 DFW-EZE
1 MIA-SCL

4 planes total

Once ORD-PEK begins, the 777 will be taken off MIA-SCL.

I also expect that DFW-EZE will be a 763 again at some point.

DFW-GRU and MIA-MAD are 777's for good though.

That should clear things up.

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NYCAAer From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 660 posts, RR: 4
Reply 7, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1953 times:

One of the DFW-LHR flights has been a 763 for quite a while. I fly JFK-LHR all the time, at least 6x a month, and there is always an AA 763 from DFW when my flight arrives in the morning.

UAL777UK From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 3355 posts, RR: 1
Reply 8, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1950 times:

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Does that mean that there will be no F on the 767?

PanAm330 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 2601 posts, RR: 10
Reply 9, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1870 times:

Quoting UAL777UK (Reply 8):
Does that mean that there will be no F on the 767?

Correct. AA only has J/Y on their 763s.

Myt332 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2003, 9112 posts, RR: 74
Reply 10, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1779 times:

MAN is also losing it's daily ORD B763 service, we are going down to what, 5x weekly is it?

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Jacobin777 From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 14968 posts, RR: 61
Reply 11, posted (4 years 9 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1702 times:

Quoting Myt332 (Reply 10):
MAN is also losing it's daily ORD B763 service, we are going down to what, 5x weekly is it?

AFAIK, that's correct.. checkmark

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