Originally Posted by
craigthemif
2. Why assign the 787 to a "long and thin" route such as BOG, but then keep the PTY hop? (which I understand is due to being unable to take off from BOG altitude with enough fuel to get all the way to IST)
The economical performance of A332 on the route might be of concern as well. That route is pushing the capabilities of A332 pretty far, I would assume 789 is much cheaper to operate on such a route. Also they might not be able to fill an entire plane just for BOG or PTY.