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Old Feb 9, 2025 | 4:18 pm
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Originally Posted by PLeblond
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The A380 offers year round stability on the route.
Yes.
When VA (IIRC) flew SYD/MEL-JNB with their 77W they always took a longer northerly route to be within distance of their chosen alternates. I don’t recall them taking close to a GC route - unlike QF doing so with their 744s on the same day.
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