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Old Jul 10, 2003 | 7:30 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UNITED959:
The 763s which have currently replaced the 777s will form a large part of the intra-Asia network. </font>
I agree more 747s will replace 777s over the Pacific, but why use the 763s for Intra-Asia flights?

Would this lower the utilization rate for both the 747s and 763s?

Routes such as NRT-ICN, NRT-BKK and NRT-SIN are usually more than 70% full on the 747/777s (pre & post SARS), and it is especially hard to get upgrades to C on these flights.

Wouldn't the 763s better suited as replacement for 762s on transcont routes?




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