Originally Posted by
WiFly
Weight restricted flights that are "hub to hub on the East Coast" are weight restricted due to max landing weights, when you have multiple alternates. Happens on both NB fleets.
Yup.
When they went from 150 pax to 160 pax, without changing the MLW weight, arrival gas went down by 2,000 lbs on a full flight. The newer MLW's and increased seat count keeps the same arrival gas situation we had with the 160 seater.