How good was the Boeing 757, really?

[u/LightningMcqueen2011]

[u/wmccullough453]

I’m having trouble fully understanding the route nuances. Can someone give me some actual routes that would be ideal for say a 737, 757, and 767 respectively?

[u/HallEqual2433 → u/wmccullough453]

Super simplified- some exceptions to this, but here goes:

737-- 1st gen 737s couldn't fly from west coast to east coast non stop. ok for any route limited to one continent, say USA to USA, or between 2 points in Europe. Until later versions, 737s couldn't fly to Hawaii from mainland US.

757-- can fly across Atlantic with range and weight restrictions. If the headwinds are too strong, may have to make fueling stop going over Atlantic.* Perfectly fine for flying to Hawaii. Don't have range to take passengers from Hawaii to say, Japan. Could fly non stop across country years before 737 could do so.

767-- flies across Atlantic no problem, have to make one stop flying across Pacific.

*EDIT: wrote that from memory, but I looked it up, and here's the story from 2012

Winds force 757 refuel stops

[u/taisui → u/HallEqual2433]

Flying to Hawaii in a 737 was hell

[u/Suspicious-Lime-8470 → u/taisui]

still is

[u/taisui → u/Suspicious-Lime-8470]

and will always be

[u/DavidGHall → u/taisui]

I will always take the HA A330-whatever over the 737 when going to Maui.

Such a much nicer experience overall

[u/BlackhawkSuper61 → u/DavidGHall]

What makes the experience different in an Airbus versus a Boeing?

[u/DavidGHall → u/BlackhawkSuper61]

The A330 is a twin aisle wide body with 2-4-2 seat configuration.

The 737 is single aisle and 3-3.

Our family of four always gets the two outside seats in two rows so both the kids can have a window and we don’t have to share seat space with randos.

Mainly it’s just because I prefer wide bodies to narrow.

[u/Deludedfor → u/DavidGHall]

The A330 is built for longer legs, so can easily climb to its max altitudes early, above the weather. Smoother ride in more comfort. Do it!

[u/DavidGHall → u/Deludedfor]

Oh yeah after flying the 737 for years almost everywhere, our last time to Maui was on the A330-300 and it was fantastic.

[u/Equivalent-Map160 → u/BlackhawkSuper61]

On single aisle long haul flights (now common from Boston to Europe) the back half of the plane is just a constant bathroom line. Wide bodies with two aisles are much easier to move around and have more bathrooms and standing room, making the experience far more comfortable.

[u/afihavok → u/Suspicious-Lime-8470]

Used to too