Touched a nerve eih?
Who talks about pax? Logically a dugong carries more.
I was talking about aircraft per minute, and that is the issue. The competition flying a narrow one doesn't give a hoot about how many you carry, they want to land and not wait longer behind a dugong.
Dubai has shown to start the bad habit of taking these biggies ahead of others and it starts creating some boiling blood ....
By the way, I do know about the performance issue of 2 vs. 4 engined aircraft. That's why I know that the 4 legged ones fly lower for the first couple of miles. Low means more noise, at least that's what the folks under the first few miles hear. Decibels vanish astonishingly fast with altitude and they stay annoyingly present at lower ones ......
As for the landing distance and steep approach capability, I do have to trust you.