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The line opened in 2003 after decades of work and political compromises that resulted in it being built as a wye with the other end at Millbrae. This added operational complexities that continue to this day. 
"The challenges we have now are in the other side of the house, the operations," Delta CEO Ed Bastian says at a Bernstein conference Wednesday.
“This summer @united will become the single largest airline transatlantic in the world,” says Quayle. The airline will be 30% larger transatlantic this summer than in 2019, he adds.
Before the FAA approved the 777 to operate in airports near 5G transmitters on January 18, Air India, ANA, Emirates, and JAL all cancelled flights operated with the jet to the U.S. airlineweekly.com/2022/01/att-ve…
"This is something that airlines will be closely monitoring … This will be a factor playing into fares this year if fuel prices remain high," says IATA DG Willie Walsh on rising fuel prices. 
JAL is cancelling all U.S. flights flown with a 777 citing potential interference with radio altimeters from 5G rollout. 
"We have not made a decision on that," says Delta CEO Bastian when asked about implementing the White House's executive order mandating vaccines.
