Originally Posted by
spartacusmcfly
SFO-HKG 2x/day should also be 77W. That was down-guaged because of protests, but was going back. That's another 4-5 77Ws sitting around somewhere...
SFO-HKG was actually planned to be downgauged when they introduced the second frequency, not because of protests; two 77Ws a day would have been too much lift. The protests just happened to pick up in intensity around the same time the second frequency started running and the corresponding equipment swap happened.