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Old 1st Jan 2007, 20:43
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Whitehatter
 
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Don't let such little issues as operating economics and acquisition costs cloud your fantasy.

The 777-200LR is an expensive plane to buy and expensive to operate at the edge of its performance envelope. Just ask those airlines who have costed out ultra longhauls. Without a significant chunk of big price tickets such as first or business class the numbers don't add up. Airlines like PK fly it at higher payload with less fuel, otherwise you end up carrying more fuel just to carry the fuel weight and...

Holiday traffic never generates the kind of yield a scheduled route does. FCA would end up flying the 777 at a huge loss on ultra longhaul.
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