Originally Posted by
rog747
I think European could have well thought of putting the Seats and IFE back in the A340's, hiring some Cabin Crew and offering their services for ACMI work of which there is plenty around.
P&O Cruises have just ditched their LGW/MAN to BGI/ANU Contracts with Maleth Aero (which were a debacle) and are not renewing,
so that long haul work for next winter season would have seen 2 a/c busy, plus TUI often struggle to meet P&O's demands for the other flights.
Plus this summer no doubt will have plenty of other work around.
Just a thought....
If there is indeed lots of ACMI work available this year, it is still price sensitive. 4 big engines on a stretched A340 is a lot of aircraft to hope across to the Caribbean when all previous aircraft have been twins. Does the A340-600's length also give some manoeuvring/parking challenges at smaller destinations?