The Narita flight is now A340. All the 747-400 all-pax to be gone by Sept. by the looks of it. http://www.canairradio.com/fleet.html Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Montano" <mmontano@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:21 PM Subject: Re: AC's 744s > My opinions only. > > Out of YYZ, LHR is the #1 European destination for AC. 763s and the odd > 330, and LHR is has limited cargo facilities (and likely punitive > taxes.) A 74E is still 300 pax and a lot of cargo. If you can't fill > both the cargo and pax side regularly and reliably you are paying to > ship air. > > Out of YVR, same deal. A 74E could maybe fill every two days going to > Hong Kong, but customers want frequency. AC therefore flies the 343 > connecting through from Toronto. > > YVR has a Narita 744 flight which they might be able to use a 74E, but > it's likely going to be a 343 or 763 flight soon. > > Filling a 74E may have potential high rewards, but is fraught with > risk. GECC and existing creditors are probably not so hot on AC taking > plenty of risks so the big boys have to go. So many of the North > American carriers don't fly the 747 anymore, AA/HP/DL and many never > did (SW/US?) > > Matthew > > On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 11:28 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > > > Well, of course YUL/YUX does not explain why YVR and YYZ don't support > > Combis, when the obviously do. > > Another interesting combi thing is KLM into LAX. They go all PAX > > with > > the -200 SUDs that have basically become -300s, but they use the 744 > > combis part > > of the time too. Interesting > > >