UA 90/91 EWR to TLV starting May 5th confirmed with new Polaris Seat (777-300)

[a mirrer]

1) Are the 777-300ER's actually wider than the 772, or they're just cramming in more seats into the same space?

2) But isn't the dreamliner way more attractive to travellers? I mean, just the name....

1.according to this site they are the same width

[Dan]

787s are for long thin routes.
77W is a 747 replacement. Long range and lots of passenger and cargo capacity.

[chff]

IIRC 10 across on the 777 is like 9 across the 787

[Dan]

Close, but IIRC it's a little bit narrower on the 77W

[Jewban]

1) Are the 777-300ER's actually wider than the 772, or they're just cramming in more seats into the same space?

2) But isn't the dreamliner way more attractive to travellers? I mean, just the name....

All the aircraft in the same family generally share the same fuselage width- all 737 variants, A318/319/320/321, the A330/A340, all 777 variants and all 787 variants have the same width.

Airline and their boards purchase aircraft that most cost effectively meets their anticipated network needs and aligns with existing maintenance capabilities and operations.  While Boeing has successfully marketed the desirable passenger focused characteristics of the 787 (they also did so on the 777 back in the day) as Airbus has done with the A380, they aren't first and foremost when making strategic planning board level decisions.

Commercial aircraft should be thought of as building a custom home, more so than an automobile.  Again while certain aircraft have structural characteristics that make them desirable, an airline can choose from a multitude of seat, IFE, component and other suppliers to customize their interior.  Talk to anyone coming off AC 787 TLV-YYZ in the main cabin you likely won't be hearing singing praise for the very dense cabin. 

[SearchGuy]

Are they moving this flight from 10:50 PM to 11:45?

http://newsroom.united.com/2017-02-27-Summer-Travel-is-Heating-Up-United-Airlines-Adds-Service-to-31-Destinations-Across-the-U-S-and-Europe

[yanks10952]

great write up on where to sit if you need to fly this plane in coach

http://blog.wandr.me/2017/02/best-worst-seat-united-new-polaris-777-300er/

[Dan]

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27965892-post89.html

[damaxer91]

Are they moving this flight from 10:50 PM to 11:45?

http://newsroom.united.com/2017-02-27-Summer-Travel-is-Heating-Up-United-Airlines-Adds-Service-to-31-Destinations-Across-the-U-S-and-Europe

Seems like an error because arrival time would be later than 4:20

[YudiG]

they've always had issues with bags toward end of boarding

[Dan]

they've always had issues with bags toward end of boarding

And it will be worse due to:
-10 across seating
-Only 3 underseat slots in the middle 4 section.

[SearchGuy]

How is OS or EY dealing with it?

[YudiG]

And it will be worse due to:
-10 across seating
-Only 3 underseat slots in the middle 4 section.

+1

and now eco+ as we know it has pretty much been killed

[SearchGuy]

+1

and now eco+ as we know it has pretty much been killed

The problem is that United doesn't operate any jumbo's and their flights are always packed, so that's their only option to add more passengers to a flight

[Dan]

United doesn't operate any jumbo's

[SearchGuy]

747 and A380

[Dan]

747 and A380

They do fly 747s.
Regardless, any plane with 2 aisles is called a jumbo.

[SearchGuy]

They do fly 747s.
Regardless, any plane with 2 aisles is called a jumbo.

Still the demand for the flights where they put these planes are huge, therefore they add more seats

[YudiG]

The problem is that United doesn't operate any jumbo's and their flights are always packed, so that's their only option to add more passengers to a flight

Add a third flight

[Dan]

Add a third flight

Continental was going to add a 3rd flight until Delta added JFK-TLV service.

77W works well for TLV though. They'll get more premium pax in J and more Y pax who couldn't care less about 10 across as long as the fare is competitive.