Given PIA operate 772ER 772LR and 773ER I assume they intend to use just the -200s out of LBA. PIAs website shows the LR with 310 seats in 3 class whist the ERs hold 329 in 3 class. Also the LRs show as having the GE90-115B rated at 110000lbs of thrust but the ERs are GE90-94B at 94000lbs.
It would make sense therefore to use the higher powered LRs ex LBA but given the ATH stop I can only assume they are looking at using the ERs.
So are they hedging their bets so they can use both or do they think they couldn't fill a -200LR ex LBA anyway? They were regularly filling the A310 at 184 seats and at one point went 3 weekly before the noise issue on late flights made them reduce back to 2 per week.
Last edited by HOODED; 2nd Dec 2011 at 15:08.