Unless Boeing pulls another range gain out of their a$$ (which is altogether possible, given their recent history of beating targets) 9420 nm wont be enough to do the route westbound with a reasonable load. If, however, Boeing can, this will be a gold mine. Also, there is one route that is very economically viable and is longer. NRT-GRU In a message dated 11/10/2005 3:23:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I saw a very, very short clip of that on the TV news, and it said Hong Kong to London, and I scratched my head and thought, that's about 6,000 miles, what's the big deal? I didn't realize they went around the long way! I guess it can actually do London-Sydney (11,000 miles?) with acceptable reserves and without weight penalties, which is probably the last unserved, economically-viable ultra-long nonstop route.