Quote: "How many stops were needed on the kangaroo routes in the early days of the 747? 3,4? Shows how we have moved on, even with different generations of the same type."
This had more to do with the need to pick up/drop off pax along the route as overall pax numbers and frequencies of flights were much lower than today. Crew duty times were also shorter. Later on when the former increased and the latter were renegotiated, it was brought down to 2 stops: usually BAH and SIN. Later B747 versions allowed this to be reduced this to just one stop. SQ were the first to do LHR-SIN nonstop, the other carriers followed suit, and this remains the case today.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 5th Jul 2012 at 00:23.