Originally posted by SMOC
For the conspiracy theorists amongst you!
Are the recent 748F, JFK-HKG & ORD-HKG polar flights a real time winter performance evaluation of how a 748i would perform???
Hah! Interesting. While not necessarily explicitly for that purpose, I would assume that fleet planning takes a look at all the information that they can get their hands on.
I think this question of CX looking at the 747-8i is still a very interesting one, especially with them now getting to look at the PIP performance directly.