Originally Posted by
Chris2303
It was used AKL-LAX about 10 years ago. Popular with the pax and high loadings
Prior to that it was a 747 with the aircraft continuing on to JFK with full load of high-yield, highly profitable freight. When some genius decided to use Atlas to carry the freight, the LAX-JFK sector became a loss maker and the 330 replaced the 747 on that leg. Problem was, they had to get the 330 to LAX so put it on from AKL. That only lasted for a short time as the Qantas 330 offering was eclipsed by the ANZ 777 option for a number of pax who'd previously preferred the Qantas 747.