Question: SFO-YUL: Longest AC's Transborder flight?
Jul 24, 2019, 3:43 pm
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SFO-YUL: Longest AC's Transborder flight?
Just on this beast now … Is this the longest AC Transborder flight? Longer perhaps than the longest AC domestic flight?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Jul 24, 2019, 4:16 pm
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Jul 24, 2019, 5:35 pm
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And as I have this flight (SFO-YUL) booked in the future in Business, what is the chance they will Rouge a flight of this length? I am most concerned because the flight is currently booked on a 737 Max 8...hopefully they will be back before our flight next May.
Jul 24, 2019, 5:52 pm
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However, these are not regular operations, so who knows.
Regardless, you're about 8-9 months early to even begin worrying.
Jul 24, 2019, 7:25 pm
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Jul 24, 2019, 7:52 pm
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Not impossible, but the 3 dailies are all 320s right now. Under regular operations, duration has no bearing on whether something is rouge or mainline. It's about the route. And SFO-YUL is PLH, meaning it will not go rouge.
However, these are not regular operations, so who knows.
Regardless, you're about 8-9 months early to even begin worrying.
However, these are not regular operations, so who knows.
Regardless, you're about 8-9 months early to even begin worrying.
Please explain what "PLH" means. I rarely fly AC.
Jul 24, 2019, 7:56 pm
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PLH - Premium Long Haul. Usually NA routes that have aircraft with lie flat seats in business on a regular basis, however anyone correct me if I got that definition wrong
Jul 24, 2019, 7:58 pm
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Wide bodies are assigned to routes that need the capacity.
PLH routes are high yield for the airline, and receive enhanced catering.
When you put a wide body on a PLH route, there's an added surcharge, and it's sold as Signature Class.
Jul 24, 2019, 8:00 pm
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That has nothing to do with the PLH definition.
Wide bodies are assigned to routes that need the capacity.
PLH routes are high yield for the airline, and receive enhanced catering.
When you put a wide body on a PLH route, there's an added surcharge, and it's sold as Signature Class.
Wide bodies are assigned to routes that need the capacity.
PLH routes are high yield for the airline, and receive enhanced catering.
When you put a wide body on a PLH route, there's an added surcharge, and it's sold as Signature Class.
Jul 24, 2019, 9:46 pm
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