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The 787 should be able to do this with reduced weight. As remember when United launched its non-stop LAX-SIN and vv, they were using the 787 but limited the passengers to about 210 out of 256 passengers and no belly cargo from LAX to SIN.
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Originally posted by reddevil0728 View Postwouldn't it make more sense for SQ pilots to just pick it up at Victorville?
Picking up the plane at LAX would allow the pilots to be bussed straight from SQ38 (maybe on the tarmac), and they theoretically won't be exposed to whatever is going on in America right now.an infrastructure geek
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Originally posted by yuuka_miya View PostI can't help but think that the union or our MOH might have had something to say about that.
Picking up the plane at LAX would allow the pilots to be bussed straight from SQ38 (maybe on the tarmac), and they theoretically won't be exposed to whatever is going on in America right now.
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Originally posted by MainlyMiles View PostInteresting question though, did the SQ pilots who flew the plane non-stop from SIN to VCV then have to quarantine for 14 days on return to SIN? If not, I don’t see any difference doing it in reverse.
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Originally posted by flyguy View PostThe 787 should be able to do this with reduced weight. As remember when United launched its non-stop LAX-SIN and vv, they were using the 787 but limited the passengers to about 210 out of 256 passengers and no belly cargo from LAX to SIN.
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Originally posted by Jumbojet Lover View PostYes but United flew the 787-9 on LAX-SIN, the variant of the 787 family that has the longest range and can fly routes such as Perth-London, not the 787-10. The 787-10 that SQ flies was designed as a high-capacity medium-haul aircraft that trades range for payload. United's 787-10 are flown on medium-haul transatlantic flights while their 787-9s are usually assigned to their longest flights like LAX-SIN and SFO-SIN.
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from Boeing website - "The longest and newest 787 Dreamliner, the 787-10, will fly 330 passengers up to 6,430 nautical miles (11,910 km) -- or more than 90 percent of twin-aisle routes -- with unprecedented efficiency: 25 percent better fuel and emissions than the airplanes it will replace and 10 percent better than the best on offer by the .."
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Originally posted by wlgspotter View PostActually, whilst the 787-10 is supposedly designated as “Medium Haul” aircraft, from memory United did use their 787-10 on SFO-AKL vv before Covid-19 caused the flights to be cancelled. The SFO-AKL sector is in excess of 10,000kms, with flights times of 12+ flights, so I would hardly put that down as “medium-haul”...
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Originally posted by Jumbojet Lover View PostGood to know. Seems like a very capable and efficient aircraft.
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Originally posted by wlgspotter View PostI must say though that I’m not sure what is the seating configuration of UA’s 787-10, nor what was the load factor like on those flights and whether they were payload restricted or not. But apparently Air NZ has ordered them and there were discussions that NZ was also going to use them on AKL - USA West Coast ie LAX/SFO etc...So yeah it does appear the 787-10 is a very capable aircraft indeed...
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