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Old Jun 18, 2017, 2:25 am
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MichielR
 
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Originally Posted by flyasia
was it intentional to keep 5 A340?
I thought they would have gone for an all A330+777 fleet for longhaul....
The A343 probably has the right mix of range and capacity for some routes, either where the B77W is too large or where the A333 doesn't have have the range. JNB might be a special case where the 4-engines allow LX to fly without payload restrictions.
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