Originally Posted by
Buckshot
It would be interesting to compare this to what profit they might make if deployed as a domestic 767 replacement on golden triangle for peak services (in mainline colours). As has been mentioned previously, narrow body services are chockers and replicate resources when multiple flights leave at the same time. And that's not counting lost revenue for potential pax who miss out due to no seats available. The 788 is used widely in Japan on peak high density domestic services.
That’s where this weapon comes in, the MAX 10. QF are usually about a decade behind most others ordering the latest and greatest so expect it early 2030s.
Virgin will probably be looking at MAX retirements before QF even gets the keys to number 1.
