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Old Feb 9, 2019 | 3:46 pm
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Originally Posted by dereiziger
My outbound flight did, however, take a major hit as they changed the equipment to a 737-900. So, it looks like i might not even make it to Australia to do the return flight i fight so hard to get.
Nah, you'll make it fine. Just needs a fuel stop in Hawaii, and then another in Fiji!

(As much as I'm joking, they probably could actually do it. HNL-NAN is 3,162 miles which is well within the range for a 737-900, although it would likely be weight limited to get that far)
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