Boeing 757 Charter Ops

[rm2242]

Hi all

I have a question regarding 757 Charter operations from the UK to holiday hotspots. I appreciate that many of these destinations (esp. in Greece) have short runways and hot weather. I assumed that these would be limiting factors on aircraft ops, but my question is how significant are MZFW restrictions on Boeing 757's?

A quick mental sum yielded this info taking a First Choice 757 as an example;
- Seat config. 233 passengers
- Charter adult weight for planning purposes: 76kgs
- International baggage weight for planning purposes: 13kg
- Payload: 20,737kgs
- OEW: 62,100kgs

Gives a ZFW of 82,837kgs
MZFW: 83,450kgs

So this is pretty close (I acknowledge that 100% adult occupancy may be an aggressive assumption). Im aware that Thomson Airways sells 2,500kgs of cargo capacity through its ANA cargo - how often is cargo carried to the holiday hotspots? The above calcs suggest not a lot of room would be left.

I would be really interested in any insight and discussion topics on the above.

Thanks in advance

Regards

rm2242