Originally Posted by
hec7or
Brits built the business model on destinations around the Med and North Africa for which the 757 was optimal. The 738 can't replace the 757....time to change the business model?
Indeed and also the 757 found massive work on missions for which really it was not designed for which the Brits used to their advantage -
Later on the 767-300 and the A330 replaced the 757's on those routes eventually.
These 757 long range missions were from the UK - to the Maldives Mexico Caribbean Orlando Mombasa Colombo Goa Agra Kerala Thailand (using BGR BAH DXB HER LXR IST as regular Tech stops for these kind of places)
Some EU and Eastern European airlines today fly their 737-800 and Max's to far flung holiday places such as Mombasa and Zanzibar - with tech stops