From: "Russell Ng" <russng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:20 AM <snip> I was referring to the non-stop from Singapore to Los > Angeles that is slated to begin next year (Airbus 340-500), not the A380 > for which no US airport seems ready for. > > In February 2004, they begin the SIN/LAX run, followed by SIN/NYC in August > 2004. So the aircraft will be on the ground there for over nine hours. I > was just wondering if they could fly it somewhere else and have it back > ready for the SIN/LAX leg. > I'll be surprised if they try it. It's hard to figure more than 7 hours available for a roundtrip somewhere. With more than an hour ground stop at destination X, that makes SIN-X only a 3 hour flight. Can you pay for a 345 on such a short r/t, and do you want to risk the integrity of your premium SIN/LAX service for it? Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html