bytheby
Funny how close those times are. Flying as SLF on the B747-400 JNB-FRA, we are in the air for 9.8hrs and flying in the A340-200/300 JNB-ZRH, it takes 10.6hrs. So logically it would take a little longer to get from JNB to FRA which is about 30 min north of ZRH. This is in the A340-200/300. (depending which airline you use) Of course SAA flies the -600 on this route.
Heard a Syrian B747SP the other day doing M.087 !!! Only the C750 overtakes him!!
Mode 7: Sorry for having hi-jacked your thread like this.
In answer to your original post: The B737-800 is a good aircraft (all those Boing operators cant be wrong) and I wonder if SAA ever thought about the hidden costs of getting all those A320s and replacing the Fluffies. Some slick saleman was at work here. Or maybe somebody got sponsored a Merc or even a nice BMW, like the fiasco for the defence contracts.
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