One word - wind. It's amazing how a headwind can cut your range and speed. I've been on flights between the west coast and Hawaii, normally a 5 hour or so flight that took an extra hour due to winds. An A330 is designed for long duration flight, the A319 is not. Alirez, please don't reply in the blind. Leave some of the original message so that we know what you are talking about. David R. http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://www.secure-skies.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] NW: GLA-DLH via Goose?? > That explains it. Since they are not flying anywhere near loaded, how come > they don't fly them from TLS to MSP or DTW? If Qantas can fly an A330 > something like 18 hours from TLS to MEL, I would think you could fly an A319 > 8-9 hours