Originally Posted by
captjns
... At the end of the day, do you really envision an EU carrier operating, say, from Sofia to Newark and on to Allentown with a 767? Remember the EU carrier will have to be competitive with US carriers too… which means them losing money on those routes too...
I might have gotten it all wrong but a while back I thought you worked for an Asian carrier? If so, imagine that the labor costs in some of the new eastern and central EU countries are lower than in China and even the Philippines. So yes, I'd answer yes to your question above. The airplane might be slightly "oversized" for the market you mentioned BUT the super low labor costs would make up for that.