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Old 3rd Sep 2019, 06:02
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Originally Posted by PoppaJo
Don’t forget when they launched the 777 the freight operation was essentially non existent across the entire company. They carried probably a tenth of what they carry today. Freight was never in mind when they ordered it.
Essentially the only thing an aircraft can carry (onboard) and earn money on is passengers and/or freight. Are you telling me just because they only had share at the time in 1 of those markets that they acquired aircraft whilst largely ignoring the only other revenue source? Not something I would jump to their defense over.
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