Shortest 744 sector?
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Shortest scheduled 747 sector used to be EIDW-EISN back when EI had 747-100s. About 90 miles or so? Good old Shannon stopover... now probably the world's shortest scheduled A330 sector, along with 777 [DL]
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All interesting stuff - thanks guys. As a layman, I would have thought it would be uneconomic to fly heavies on short routes. But I suppose if SQ/whoever can fill the aircraft, it'll make a profit.
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Many years ago whilst doing my apprenticeship with B-Cal Engineering, I was given the task by the technical teams to establish if the DC-10/10's being used by Cal-Air were costing more to maintain than the 10-30's used by B-Cal.
The 30's were used mainly on longhaul, whilst Cal-Air were using them for short hops to Europe. It supprised most people that despite the increased cycles, they were actually cheaper to maintain as things actually broke less often.
The 30's were used mainly on longhaul, whilst Cal-Air were using them for short hops to Europe. It supprised most people that despite the increased cycles, they were actually cheaper to maintain as things actually broke less often.
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Aisleman - The "Great Circle" distance from CPT to JNB is 790 miles. Unless the aircraft has a pressurisation problem it would have flown well above 12,000 ft!!
