Originally Posted by
C11DCA
I'll take that bet.
Iberia blocks MAD-IAD at 9:10 during the summer and that is only 3300nm.
Even if you use a 4000nm range as a realistic limit (vs the 4700nm advertised) that equates to roughly 11 hours of block westbound.
3300nm/9.15 hours block x 11 hours =3967nm.
winter winds would of course shorten the range, but if it truly can do 4700nm with reserves then over 10 hour flights would be possible year round.
Those poor passengers on an a320 for 9 hours. The long thin routes might be profitable but we might have jumped the shark with “yes we can” but why? Walking off a plane with an over flowing lav, ****ed off flight attendants, and DVT in half the passengers and crew is just insanity.