Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The cost of not getting in is vastly higher for a cargo widebody, and any 74 operators probably go to some under-developed places.
Those pesky Europeans like a lot of technology to cross the Atlantic on the NAT Tracks. I rarely do an RNAV approach, 99% ILS even into places in Africa. A 747 requires a decent airport, and decent sized airports have ILS's no matter where they are located.