Can AA keep affording to fly their 773 to GRU?
Sep 28, 2015, 6:31 pm
#16
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I love how people only think about the pax, the 777-300er is a HUGE cargo aircraft. It is one of the reasons that pure air cargo companies are hurting these days. The 777-300er can carry massive amounts of cargo and that does make money for AAcargo.
Sep 29, 2015, 5:14 pm
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But the OP's argument was based on the economic downturn affecting Brazil. This affects cargo just as much (if not more) as pax.
Sep 29, 2015, 6:00 pm
#18
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Quote:
Originally Posted by itchief
I love how people only think about the pax, the 777-300er is a HUGE cargo aircraft. It is one of the reasons that pure air cargo companies are hurting these days. The 777-300er can carry massive amounts of cargo and that does make money for AAcargo.
But the OP's argument was based on the economic downturn affecting Brazil. This affects cargo just as much (if not more) as pax.
Originally Posted by itchief
I love how people only think about the pax, the 777-300er is a HUGE cargo aircraft. It is one of the reasons that pure air cargo companies are hurting these days. The 777-300er can carry massive amounts of cargo and that does make money for AAcargo.
But the OP's argument was based on the economic downturn affecting Brazil. This affects cargo just as much (if not more) as pax.
Sep 29, 2015, 6:20 pm
#19
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It makes a huge difference. Flying through GRU, there are a ton of connecting flights to get elsewhere in Latin America - options are much more limited through VCP (basically Brasilia) on Tam