My thoughts. LHR-HNL at 6288nm is ~350nm further than LHR-SIN a route that both the 744 and A340-200 fly without penalty. In fact the graph below indicates LHR-HNL is possible at full payload for the A340-200 and that the -300 takes a modest payload penalty. This URL is useful even though it's from the Airbus site. The numbers whilst best case will still be generally indicative. http://www.airbus.com/products/A340-200_perf.asp http://www.airbus.com/products/A340-300_perf.asp Regards, David On Sunday 23 December 2001 11:56, you wrote: > IF that many people.......... > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: www.joepries.com=20 > To: The Airline List ; Dennis Murphy=20 > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: London - Honolulu - Airbus fra-hnl > > > Dennis, heres one that will put the kabosh on that one- try doing that = > with an almost full load of fuel pax and freight- aint gonna happen- you = > have to be mega-restricted on that type of route and i bet that airbus = > probably had about 19 press people and some airbus execs on it.=20 > > =20 > > Dennis Murphy <dmurphy4@houston.rr.com> wrote:=20 > > Just a point of trivia..... > > When Airbus was first demoing the 340 to Lufthansa, they flew = > FRA-HNL-FRA > several times to prove that it was a route that could be flown (7448 = > miles.) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Kinniburgh"=20 > To:=20 > Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 1:28 PM > Subject: Re: London - Honolulu > > > Thats correct... Direct service can include a change of aircraft = > > and while > > > retaining the same flight number. > > > > > > Scott SFO > > Joe Pries Commercial Aviation Photography > Serving the airline industry with quality photography > AOL IM AIRLINE72 > http://www.joepries.com > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= > ----- > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online at Yahoo! Greetings.