Originally Posted by
brian_dromey
Absolutely, FR will know what they are doing for sure. But its interesting to learn why the standard 738 can't use SEN profitably. I had assumed it was a case of take-off performance being the issue, rather than landing, for example.
I calculated that the standard 738 could just carry 190 pax into SEN with a dry runway but that commercial operations were not viable due to the fact that it would be excessively payload restricted in WET conditions. Perhaps there is someone here with access to the OM and they could quantify that restriction accurately. The standard 738 does seem to have a higher Vapp than, say, the A320 so perhaps that is one of the reasons for its greater LDR.