Originally Posted by
Hollywood1
Could the A380 do PER - LHR direct?
Easily. With a viable passenger load though? No. About 80-100 seats are blocked out for it to fly DFW- SYD and that's a 16 1/2 hour flight. An extra 1- 1/2 hour flight is going to be an extra 100-150 seats blocked out.
So the 380 would need 230+ ton of fuel for maybe 300 pax. The 787 will need 100T (I think) for 230 pax. Run double daily 787s and you've got many more pax for still less fuel load. They're not kidding when they call the 787 a 'game changer' in this context.