Originally Posted by
MarkXS
With a technical stop they don't need A345s. Last winter they were running A346s with a technical stop 2 or 3 days a week on that route and A345s on the other days, to allow for maint checks on the 345s. 345s would never have been considered for a route with a stop.
Glad I got to ride one of them.
Yes, I know. The hope I--and many others--expressed was that, having already acquired A345s and determined that ULH operations were unprofitable, TG might find itself unable to sell the dogs and, as a consequence, would deploy them on long-haul services (e.g. nonstop to LAX, technical at KIX on LAX-BKK) just to keep them operational rather than park them in the desert.