Originally Posted by
Taylor0289
IIRC Air Canada wanted to go into LAX to replace the stop they had to make in HNL because customs there was too much of a pain in the arse, the 767 had to make the stop either way. Now that they're getting 777's they are going to fly direct without the stop in HNL, the LAX idea is scrapped. Finally they're getting rid of those gas guzzeling A340's
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They did not scrap the LA idea.... they posponed it several months ago waiting for the results of the open skies. The idea was to feed trafic into LA with smaller aircraft then use the 777 between LA and Sydney. Which makes more sense then Vancouver. They may return to this plan soon enough.
The 340's were a good plane, they purposly made it 4 engines so it would not have to follow certain regulations.... just bad luck damn OPEC keeps driving the price of oil up