In a message dated 10/6/2003 4:12:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx writes: << I am guessing the range of 340-300 is an issue here. I think with the range they will have to take a payload penalty in order to serve LAX. Otherwise it will be profitable just carrying Iranian and Armenian community to Tehran and Yerevan. How stretched is the 343's range on the LAX-MUC run that LH does? Personally, I don't know why SWISS is dropping THR. One of the main reasons for their full LAX-ZRH flights is all the Iranians flying to THR. KLM's downsizing of their THR service is a mistake too, as they are a favorite of many. Baha, you should know that the Armenians would not fly THY anywhere, even if it is free The next North American destination is YYZ though. As far as ThaiJet, I heard they were looking for 767-300ER. Their 757s are ex-LTU. I wouldn't be surprised if 767s did come from Germany also. >> Well, I know 2 or 3 of the Hawaiian 763s came from LTU, so I don't know how many LTU has left. Maybe they will pick up one of the ex-TWA machines