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I think that a further clarification is in order here to overcome some possible ambiguities that these statements may convey. If the intended meaning of "failing to arrive" is that they do not land safely then the statement is true as no Ryanair aircraft has ever been involved in any incident where passengers or crew were injured or worse (even if some flights had to make emergency landings, most recently in Ciampino).

Guilty as charged milud! Or at least as regards the above, BUT my stance was as per your second point ........ ie no arrival because it never set off!

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Originally Posted by zcat18 (Post 10858983)

Honestly, I may be way off, but I'm pretty sure that no 737 variant has the range to reach TATL from anywhere in western Europe, including SNN. It *might* be able to reach NYC or even IAD from SNN, but that's got to be pushing it, big-time, and a significant percentage of those flights would probably have to stop at Labrador or somewhere.

I could be wrong--I'm not a pilot--but I just have my doubts.

Now, the 757--that is enjoying a longhaul revival with winglets and can reach just about anywhere on the east cost from just about anywhere west of Munich.

The B 737-700 (with winglets) has the range to do non-stop TATL at full payload. The B 737-800 (even with WL) does not have the range without heavy payload restriction !

@ROGER
The proposed LCY-JFK by BA will be on a A319 ! (no B 737 model is certified for LCY operations - not even private ones !!! )

:o Thanks, MHG. What was I thinking of? (Retires slowly into the shadows ...)

Yea.. one with about 10,000-12,000km max range :D

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Originally Posted by zcat18 (Post 10860397)

Wow--I was way off. Emailkid, crow tastes a lot like chicken ;).

That's interesting, but in hindsight, I should have known that a 737 could make it, since a Boeing Business Jet is essentially a 737 and has quite extensive range.