Originally Posted by
mike734
I remember America West tired the same thing about 20 years ago with a 747. Apparently that did not work out.
On the contrary... it did work out very well. They were making a ton of money hauling mail from JFK - LAS & PHX & HNL. They also made money hauling pinapples for Dole to the mainland. Its a great money maker when you don't need a full tank of gas and you can carry more payload. HPs mistake is when they decided to fly to Negoya, Japan. They took the whales off the east coast and used the 757s and A-320s. The whales could not carry the payload to make Negoya nonstop. Therefore, they limited the number of passengers... the beginning of first fiancial disaster.