Originally Posted by
Traveloguy
In fact, this is one flight that really probably should be paired back to a B777 but as QF don't have one of these birds, they are a little stuck. I think a A332 can make the HKG-LHR hope, but I suspect this would depend very much on cargo loads/requirements below.
Given that HKG-LHR is about 300 miles less than SYD-BOM, there is probably no technical reason they cannot operate a A330-200 on the route.