SOPS,
Just repeating Tcas's answer to why SFO, IAH and DFW are all going maxi bus when it burns more fuel etc when asked by 777 driver at wash up.
The don
Ahh that voice of complete honesty, Tcas
FWIW Don, we launched out of home base at MTOW the other week 44C T/O bump, APU-packs (atomic batteries to power
) and we were full of punters, 14 tonnes of freight, and 130T of gas, chocked on at IAH 16hrs and 22 minutes later with 7.2 tonnes in the tanks. Not a bad effort for the John Deere. I personally don't see the 380 being a game changer in terms of revenue on those longer sectors, that being said, in EK's case it has just as much to do with "prestige" and……one-upmanship as it does in revenue creation. Anything that breaks even or a bit better will have a 380 on it before long as it is the flagship.
In QF's case they should bury the lot of them and get 350-1000's or 777-9's IMHO.