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Old Dec 15, 2015 | 10:29 am
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Originally Posted by DLATL777
I get a kick out of the fact that everyone is missing my point regarding "Waste". A plane meant to fly 17 hours nonstop doing 3x as many landings and substantially more wear and tear just to run cargo is not an ideal use of the 777-200LR. Cargo is not the main reason for this aircraft-range is. Equal cargo capacity on non specifically built LONG RANGE aircraft 777-200/A330-200/A330-300/etc.
But they were "forced" out of DXB and are going to use the AC on a more profitable route.
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