Ok, I'll go out on a limb .... My back-of-the-envelope calculations tell me that you could do DFW-SYD reliably on an A380 (no alternate or tempo stuff) with 250 or maaayybeee 300 pax and their bags. It would be back to the days of the SP out of LAX ... First/Bus/Prem Econ.
I've allowed for an appropriate headwind component.
Unfortunately, the ER would not work. The A380 wins purely on fuel capacity ( oh .. er .. and the crew rest ) . When they up the MTOW it will get better.
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Ps ... having said that .. I don't see going to BNE as a major problem. Not everyone wants to go to SYD and you can get domestic connections to most places out of BNE.
Last edited by noip; 1st Jun 2011 at 08:29.