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Jul 19, 2011 | 2:44 pm

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Qantas do this - MEL-AKL-LAX, the first leg on a 737-800 and the second on the 747-400

US airlines lease the specific gate for the flight whereas in Europe the gates are simply allocated on arrival - that is why they can do this.

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