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The 321s come standard ready for the tanks. It's not a plug and play, but it is a fairly simple addition. Originally Posted by Baradium
You mean that they ordered them set up for the larger tanks so they could be installed later? Sounds like we're interested in keeping the options open with the fleet. And without the tanks installed, that isn't part of the a/c's performance either. The implication was more along the lines of having the tanks installed and just pretending that the fuel wasn't there.
They run pretty awesome already... we're doing ATL to SAN, SFO, SLC, PHX and others already better than was predicted with the standard tanks.
Full boat (more pax than we carried when I flew the 757), right up to FL340 westbound to the west coast to start out... that's what we normally did on the 757 and burning a lot less gas. Aux tanks will just increase their flexibility for other cities (JFK to west coast) plus the usual max weight increase that comes with that.
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