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Jan 11, 2012 | 3:49 pm

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johan rebel

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Originally Posted by cityflyer369

There is definitely no fuel saving if you have a non-stop as all the fuel needed for the flight from SIN to DPS would have to be carried all the way from AMS, which would need loads of extra fuel just for the transport of the fuel. (And that extra fuel would have to be carried all the way from AMS too, which would lead to even more extra fuel, and so on.)

Precisely. That's why the A340-500, specifically designed for ultra-longhaul operations, has not been a succes. With kerosine prices high, it is almost impossible to operate profitably on the type of routes it was intended for.

Johan

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