Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
I expected it to be dropped AFTER PIA returned, they had a chance to make some money in a high volume market screaming for capacity, not everyone wants one stop.
I’d hardly say screaming for capacity. The ME airlines have a lot of volume into Pakistan, across 7-8 different airports and the majority will go for the lowest fare to/from their local airport at both ends. It’s a low yielding route that was only ever going to last until a better use for the aircraft returned.
Just look at the configuration of the PIA 77Ws and you’ll learn everything you need to know about Pakistan yields.
In this case there was a better use for the 777 in MCO (or rather, a better use for the LHR-MCO aircraft that pushed the route back to LGW for the winter).