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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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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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![]() Yes 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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![]() Yes correct as SQ is the 787-10. However it is flown completely empty with no pax and cargo to LAX and as such was able to fly the distance.
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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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![]() I 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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