Originally Posted by
Raymond Lu
The birds that fly EWR route are B-LR[P-T], is it due to previous aircrafts have weight restrictions?
Not all of the A350s are equipped yet for polar operations and the extended ETOPs certification that Cathay recently gained, hence the reason a few dedicated tails doing the polar routes to EWR. In time all of the A350 aircraft will be equipped to handle the polar missions and the increased diversion time ETOPs.