Someone mentioned earlier that the stop is not always done if winds are favorable but this is not the case west-bound. East bound flight time stands at about 12 hours and some change and is always done non-stop, West bound is always done WITH a stop, or the plane would go out weight restricted. It used to be HNL that was the tech stop, it is now GUM due to passenger preferences (most preferred the longer block of time between LAX and GUM to rest before breaking the journey up for the final 3 hours to MNL as the flight is done in entire darkness. Also,
PR's config on the 744 is much more dense than what is featured on the CX, SQ, CI and BR machines. I believe
PR's 744's have 400+ seating?