PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - 787-9 Range LHR-PER
View Single Post
Old 13th Sep 2017, 14:38
  #2 (permalink)  
DaveReidUK
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Reading, UK
Posts: 15,821
Received 206 Likes on 94 Posts
Originally Posted by Doors to Automatic
How will the aircraft be able to make the route? Is there additional fuel tank capacity if payload was restricted for example?
With the payload limited (probably quite significantly) the B789 doesn't need any more than the standard tankage to perform an 8,000 nm mission. Which is just as well, as the 787 doesn't have any additional fuel options.
DaveReidUK is offline