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I don't blame you for asking what upgauge means. Our industry is full of jargon, and those of us who are too familiar with it (and I class myself in that category) probably need to get out more.
In this context, upgauge simply means replacing one aircraft type with another of higher capacity. In this case replacing an A330 with a 744. Downgauge would be the reverse.
At the risk of being excessively pedantic, what Sholto is talking about is actually "change of gauge". Some carriers (normally US ones) sometimes market a service under the same flight number even when there is a stop en-route involving a change of aircraft. A bit tricksy really.
Last edited by BasilBush; 20th Oct 2013 at 09:38.