Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
How much does it cost to ferry a 777 from Korea to SFO?
Obviously TPTB and/or the bean counters have run the numbers and found it to be more cost effective, but it nevertheless seems strange that it's cheaper to fly a jet half-way (ok, exaggerating here) around the world to get a new paint job than to do it "locally".
Probably the same economics as importing a majority of our products from China vs. mfg here in the US. Nothing strange about it at all.