Terribly misleading header, almost mischievous in intent, leading the reader down the Airbus v Boeing debacle yet once more
What is conveniently circumvented is the facts of the story, to which a more suitable header would have been "US economy in the crapper; Emirates pulls A380 off JFK whilst opening 2 new A380 routes to Toronto and Seoul."
'Nuff said. Next please.
WRT sector lengths, KLM have operated AMS-MNL successfully for donkey's years. Winter westbounds can often be 14+ hours. Always been a pleasure, but I can't imagine the hell it must be on their 77Ws with 10 abreast in Unwashed.
