Originally Posted by
chuboy
Don't get me wrong I want them to survive as much as anyone.
I say new aircraft because 5 777s and 6 A330 is not really enough to have a meaningful international network from the golden triangle. The types are fine but there aren't enough of them to maintain a daily feed into the hubs of its biggest three partners, which is what attracts the high yielding business pax.
Not only that, the 777 aren't worth much to sell anyway because some moron at VA (DJ) who obviously knew nothing about aircraft, international ops or re-sale went ahead and removed the wide door on the rear hold so the aircraft can't carry pallets fore and aft, only forward making them largely useless to any serious long haul operator... knowing what I know I'm sure they were warned not to do it but went ahead anyway because they can't be told.