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Old 31st May 2019, 18:07
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Originally Posted by Meikleour
Rog747: Cathay Pacific were doing HKG-LGW direct with B747-267 in 1986! My longest such sector 14:45 Most airlines only introduced ULH with the arrival of the B747-400
Yes indeed they did, and they were with the RR RB211 747-200's (which BA obtained their RR -236's a few years after) but our post started with how the venerable old -100 series did perform as well (not so well lol)

cheers for that though R
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