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Old 18th Dec 2020, 08:55
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The thing that stands out about the effect that COVID-19 has had on FUTURE International flying (after vaccination has extensive coverage) is that it has to be Point-to-Point to minimise the potential of infection. P2P requires a much larger number of smaller capacity, long range aircraft to achieve the frequency of flights that the sales staff require for a route to be viable.

When you look at the JQ International destinations then it stands out that the A321XLR is a much more suitable aircraft than the B787-8 which has too much capacity to achieve the required frequency (forget about HNL which isn’t a true LCC destination). The B787 may be brought back into service as a stopgap until deliveries of the A321LR/XLR’s can resume but their days are numbered, IMHO.
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