LurveBus wrote:EDIT: the PAL spokesperson posted on Facebook that they’re aiming to fly to CDG 4x/weekly in W19. Uhm, with what aircraft? Will they be exercising A350 options?
I would have thought
FCO had an equal chance...
FRA can be left to KLM. The best bets are the
A359 options, going forward -- when do those expire? The outlier here seems to be the
251T A338 should
PR opt for a lower CAPEX upfront...as the
A339 will be pushed to the limits of its range envelope doing these longer, thinner routes.
RR T7000's woes may probably be behind it by that time. Interesting times ahead.
airlineaddict wrote:I wish they tried LAX - CRK for the 3x week frequency. Too bad LAX-CEB did not come back.
CRK needs a new terminal first...and the 77W may be too big for that market. I think
CEB is just waiting for the right aircraft (as does
SEA).
cityairline wrote:I don’t think they will. YVR just recently got decreased to daily when they made JFK nonstop, as it used to go via YVR. So I would be surprised to see them go even lower there...
I think the least that could be expected for
YVR is a downgauge to a normal weight
A359 to save some money, should
PR exercise its A350 options.
PR77W wrote:I've read from another fourm that 7776 & 7777 leased where renewed a couple of month ago. As for how many additional years I don't know? maybe 2 to 5 years? Also I think PAL should consider exercise a couple of the option for additional A359 While converting the remaining option the larger A35K or even increased there purchase rights for either memeber A359 or A35K.
A short lease might indicate
PR is picking up its options and just waiting for start of delivery...while an upgauge to the
A35K for commonality may not come soon as they just leased in two new
77Ws -- possibly at very competitive rates (unless they return a couple or so of their other leased T7s)
SleeplessInZh wrote:but i was wondering how they'll launch their chicago route.either with the B777 or A359s.
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I doubt the
77W would get good load factors at
ORD.