I don't know Don. But l think the most important thing to remember is that freight usually cubes out before it weighs out.
Now if they sent the 380 to SEA SFO LAX DFW IAH, how many punters would they leave behind?
Personally, I couldn't care less.
But it's all down to how they utilise each and every airframe. EK commercial department choose to send an airframe on a run that is either restrictive or not. There must be some logic in the way they do it. There must be some gain in not putting one of the other types on the flight.
Pretty soon l think you guys will be experiencing that, and being at the pointy end deciding on minimum fuel / Maximum load / Leaving punters behind.
Back to the freighter....
So you reckon that 500 or so punters on minimum yield justifies a freighter flying one way empty. I disagree. It's the freight alone that pays for the follow up aircraft to carry what the 380 leaves behind.
halas
Last edited by halas; 25th September 2012 at 18:37.