The idiots always buy the wrong plane, pick the wrong routes and employ the wrong CEO...
At the time QF should have bought the 777 QF idiots decided to hang on too long to some old a/c in fleet ie. 743 and early 744.
By not making the capital investment it helped make the ailrine look more profitable (somebody got fat on it and then did a runner) even if it was short sighted and only short term. Instead they made a small order for the ER. At the time they could have offloaded up to 10 744 with a nice resale and ordered up to 15 777. But no, it was thought better value to stick to the 744 - you goose
Back in 2001 the 773ER was $20,000,000 more the 744. Funny how SQ amd EK bought the more expensive plane. How many hundreds of millions are they going to save in fuel over a 20 year life of the plane.
Dont start me on this. If they wanted the A380 Gooney Dugong Whale Blimp they really really should have bought the 773ER.
Going back to my nice F seat - hostess
bring me another drink