Comparison between 3 x Hong Kong to Melbourne flights over the past 24 hours - 1 in an A350, 1 in a 777, and 1 in an A330:

A350: Flt time 8:25. Trip fuel 51.4T
777: Flt time 8:35. Trip fuel 67.7T
A330: Flt time 9:01. Trip fuel 55.2T

There have been disgraceful cabin quality issues with the A350, but it's performance has been outstanding.

Payload?



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Yes Maggot, "snap!" :) Any idea of payloads on those HKG runs (revenue generated)?
Great feedback and stats all around thanks:ok:
No doubt new aircraft take time to "bed-in" especially the engines, as realtime data is collected and a company's favoured cost index is found.

Since you ask ....

1. A350 payload was 50.7T
2. 777 payload was 56.3T
3. A330 payload was 39.7T

None of them were carrying their max payload.