Originally Posted by
flyboy777
The BA 4 class B777 have an incredibly small WT cabin (127 seats?) & a higher premium ratio than the B747 fleet. The B747s could probably be used better elsewhere. Who really goes to texas for anything other than oil...families reuniting probably isn't enough to justify the -400
Texas isn't much of a place to vacation, but it isn't only about oil either, for example there's a big high-tech industry in Austin, North Dallas and pieces of Houston. Amongst the names you'll probably recognize are Dell, AMD, IBM, Intel, HP Compaq, Freescale (formerly Motorola Semiconductors), Alcatel and a load of others.
Now I come to think of it, I wonder why BA flies a 747 to Phoenix 5 or 6 days a week, rather than a 767 or 777 every day?