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Old Jan 8, 2013 | 9:58 am
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TATL seems to fit nicely for turning the plane around and sending it back. That is, 7-8 hours in the air each way makes it possible for the plane to do a round trip each day. Overnight east, daytime west, rinse, repeat.

I've always wondered how they optimize utilization on a 14-hour flight. We got to talking about this on our SFO-HKG flight. Where does that 747 go after we deplane in HKG? I'm sure I could figure it out by poring through UA's schedules, but as a general topic, what's the practice for maximizing utilization of TPAC aircraft?
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