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maratimejet

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Hey guys, I have a book the says that Air France ordered the A340-500, I don't know how reliable this book is. What ever happened to the order, did they convert it to -300's?
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nope air france never ordered the A345 (correct me if I'm wrong) I would also not see the benefits the aircraft would give AF, It cant do CDG-SYD-CDG nonstop (at least with full loads), I also can not see another possible market with enough demand for AF to consider the A345

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Thanks, I didn't think it would because there are not many markets that need the range.

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It could however fly CDG-PER easily...
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Is there enough traffic to even justify a 3x CDG-PER, I guess most would be connecting traffic.

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nope I don't think CDG-PER would have enough demand, but if it has, you only have one destination and for a daily flight it would require two planes at most, which is not profitable to operate, even with the commonality with the A343

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Air Canada does it with the YYZ-HKG route, I don't know if it's profitable, although that will soon be histroy when the new 777's come.

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A subfleet of A345s wouldnt be worth for a lone CDG-PER. Due to crews,mx and schedualing.
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Yes, Air Canada use its 2 A340-500 for YYZ-HNG and from I heard, they are pretty full! The first 777-300 is supposed to start operating in march 2007.




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