Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
SQ doesn't serve the route nonstop, and doesn't have anything smaller than a 777 to serve it, so they likely never will. ... The 788 nonstop from a UA hub is a better plane for that.
SQ will have 787s, just like UA.
Originally Posted by
LarkSFO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVA_Air
"EVA Air has stated its goal of achieving a 50/50 split in revenues between its passenger and cargo operations.[3] The airline's cargo operations are mainly operated via a fleet of Boeing 747-400,[43] MD-11 dedicated freighters, Boeing 747-400 Combi aircraft, and additional belly cargo space on passenger aircraft."
I can't find a reference, but at one point I read that some members of Eva's board wanted to get rid of passenger operations altogether and focus exclusively on more profitbale cargo...
Granted, Eva was started and is still owned by a shipping company.
Eva has a cargo fleet of nearly 20 aircraft. UACO has none.
Eva's board probably wanted to do that before cargo crashed in 2007.