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Old 19th Aug 2018, 05:11
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fox niner
 
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Lowering the max TOW is standard practise at klm as well. There are scores of 737’s with a max tow of either 70t, 71t, 72t, instead of the official 73,8t. (-800)
or 61t for the 737-700, which is officially 64.something. Saves a huge amount of hard cash.
not only RYR does that.
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