!!!Not an Airbus bash!!!
Is the A350 hitting its numbers? I see flights to Gatwick carrying about 40T (not sure the exact BOW but have a good idea) for 12 hours taking off from HKG within 6T of MTOW.
So how does the aircraft carry this same load to BOS on a 14-15 hour flight? It doesn't. Right?
Assuming that 40T load is about 10-15T cargo, that number will drop by about 10T to 0-5T cargo to carry the extra fuel to the east coast of NAM. What am I missing on the math?
Sincere questions... No need for fanboy comments, just hard data. I'm looking at the flight plans. It looks to me that east coast flying will be essentially passengers only.