Originally Posted by why fly
AC had the same problem with the 343 leaving DEL it could not get enough altitude fast enough to cross the mountains??? so it ended up burning to much fuel or leaving luggage behind........ or worse yet stopping for fuel.
Thanks you have reminded me @:-) . It was in response to this statement that an AC 34x pilot responded and stated the 747 suffers from this as well out of DEL. Some balance please