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Old Jun 21, 2014, 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
That might be plausible on a very short flight like SEA-PDX or SEA-GEG, but SEA-DEN is going to burn plenty of fuel to cover the difference between max take off weight and max landing weight.
Don't think so. The 73H can fly upwards of 7 hours at MTOW, so SEA - DEN should be no problem given the tradeoff between fuel and pax/cargo.

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