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Originally Posted by readywhenyouare
Originally Posted by
mmichael453
RA's stated widebody requirements:
275 seats
5000-5500 NM range
One assumes that he also wants better TCO and fuel economy than the A330s he's got now. Oddly the two requirements above are almost exactly an A330 in present Delta configuration (ie the 3L3s). His requirements are slightly larger and with slightly less range than the 76L.
Anderson just sounds uninformed with his statement. He referred to the A330 as a small widebody. Huh? The A330 has more seats than Delta's 777's!
So are the 788's currently on order at risk of being canceled? It seems ridiculous to replace a 767 with an A330 or A350 with both of those aircraft being a lot larger. Capacity discipline...yeah, ok.
Number of seats does not define aircraft size. By your definition, the Singapore a345's were smaller aircraft than DL MD80's.