Originally Posted by
golfyankeesierra
always thought most 320 operators don’t use the containers anymore because it uses up too much volume?
Most A320 operators never used containers to start with, but a rather large number still do. It does eat into your payload, both weight and volume wise, but on the other hand it allows for shorter turn-arounds, less manual handling and reduced staff requirements; a handling agent I know of does containerised A320 series with a ramp team of just two persons, and still easily achieves minimum turn-around times. One of their customers, incidentally, is BA.