Originally Posted by alex0683de
That's part of it. The other issue is that LHR is slot-controlled, which means extra flights have to be approved, so the only easy way to increase the amount of available seats is to upgrade existing flights to bigger aircraft.
That's why LH flies A300s to LHR from FRA, for example, or why you see lots of A321s from a variety of airlines there.
I've sait it above. But this particular flight is one that I have rarely soon full. Last time I was on it we were 40.
A 737-900 would be of better usage if you were after passenger numbers vs cost of flying it.
Instead it's the cargo which keeps widebodies on this flight, not passenger numbers.