Glofish can you please explain why the 777 will not accept staff to/from Oz direct even though they have 20+ seats empty? How many empty/blocked seats on the way to LAX? Its a great aircraft but after 12hrs you guys start leaving people/freight behind.
Don on the 777 I have never left staff behind out of BNE or MEL direct due to payload restrictions, in fact I've never seen blocked seats on the 777 ex Oz...ever.
Out of DXB, summer, yep..particularly the BNE if the wx at Cooly is a bit pants, as the company always plans with SYD gas.
MEL happened once when Avalon wx was rubbish...now ADL is a company dest it wouldn't be an issue.
I agree though, the 380 is not a ULR machine in its present incarnation...awesome though as a people carrier up to 10-12 hrs (if it manages to leave the gate
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