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Why Do IB Use The 747 To The Canaries?  
User currently offlineCKT523 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 161 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2206 times:

Does anyone know why IB uses the 747 to the Canaries? Surely even if the a/c is reasonably full on each flight they would be better using the 757 and increasing frequency or leasing a few 762/763 for the services, after all, they used the A300B4 until it was retired,it must cost a bomb to fly those 4 holers on those short hops of 1.5 hours. Anyone know?

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User currently offlineUnitedTristar From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1241 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (8 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2185 times:

My guess is cargo. If its anything like Hawaii for us carriers its HUGE!

-m

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User currently offlineTriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 47
Reply 2, posted (8 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2145 times:

I think part of it is due to optimization of aircraft useage. They can fit in a short-haul rotation between two long-hauls to South America, and since there is high demand on the routes to the Cnaraies, why not use a 747, which would otherwise sit idle in MAD for most of the day?



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User currently offlineINNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62
Reply 3, posted (8 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 2091 times:

It's rather simple, these routes, especially to Tenerife, are very good booked, they fly the A340-600 to Tenerife Norte on a regular basis too!

regards, Florian


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User currently offlineKA501 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 246 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (8 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2025 times:

They fly them round Japan all the time!
If capacity is good and cargo is good then they must be making a fortune.
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