Originally Posted by
Maggie Island
Whilst its hard to say what the appetite would be for ULH routes, the 778 has nearly notched 50 orders - it’s not difficult to imagine (especially on a delayed timescale) that there will be 100 firm orders down by the early/mid 20s.
53 orders, all from ME carriers, and almost all considered “soft”. QR wants to delay deliveries anyway, and the rest are likely convertible to the 777-9 given the route structures/payload profile from that region.
If the -8 was still a goer I could imagine another 40-60 orders, but that’s without Airbus' recently announced A350-1000ULR (or whatever it’s called).
Struggling to come up with 25 city pairs that would, with competition, require circa 100 aircraft.
ME to AKL
SYD to LHR
SYD to CDG
SYD to FRA
SYD to JFK
SIN TO JFK
PER TO LHR
YYZ TO SYD
where else?