Bartholomow,
If we had an aeroplane that had, let's say 354 seats in it, and it's payload available weight is limited to 42-47t because of takeoff weight and time of year(14hr flight). How much of that 20t of freight will it carry? Remembering, pax weight on load sheet does not include bag weight.
Let's say another aircraft has 489 seats and can carry 66t on that same 14hr flight, all year round, how much cargo can it carry?
If cargo makes so much more money than PAX, why do we squeeze 10 across in Y and 7 across in J on the 777? Wouldn't it make more money carrying 300 pax in more comfort like CX does, and more cargo?
It is a shame that the use of true heading can still be the cause of concern after almost two decades of operation in the company.
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