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PIA also operates B777-200ER and 300ER on NY flights as they have to land in manchester enroute. B777-200 LR only does the Toronto flights which are direct.Remember PIA has only 2 B777-200LR's so they are fully utilized due to the schedule they are operating.
PIA does not have permission to fly direct to US because of security reasons.
LR or ULR flights have many pros and less cons. Hence they are profitable. For this the aircraft manufacturers have optimised the aircraft so that it is more economical.
To further enhance your knowledge of Point to Point or Hub to Hub travel please see:
The Difference: Hub and Spoke vs. Point to Point - The Networker
In yesteryear PIA used to fly B707 to Rahim Yar Khan with a local procedure that was not recommended. Today aircraft are available which are customised for such flights.
The new B777s that PIA has acquired are going to be the replacement of B747's. B737's were to be replaced by B737-800's but PIA was unable to get Boeings approval to change the order of B777's into B737's.
An other interesting read for operational costs of an aircraft:
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/workgroups/Documents/MCC-2014-ATH/D1/1630-1700-impact-ops-lease-SGI.pdf
PIA also operates B777-200ER and 300ER on NY flights as they have to land in manchester enroute. B777-200 LR only does the Toronto flights which are direct.Remember PIA has only 2 B777-200LR's so they are fully utilized due to the schedule they are operating.
PIA does not have permission to fly direct to US because of security reasons.
LR or ULR flights have many pros and less cons. Hence they are profitable. For this the aircraft manufacturers have optimised the aircraft so that it is more economical.
To further enhance your knowledge of Point to Point or Hub to Hub travel please see:
The Difference: Hub and Spoke vs. Point to Point - The Networker
In yesteryear PIA used to fly B707 to Rahim Yar Khan with a local procedure that was not recommended. Today aircraft are available which are customised for such flights.
The new B777s that PIA has acquired are going to be the replacement of B747's. B737's were to be replaced by B737-800's but PIA was unable to get Boeings approval to change the order of B777's into B737's.
An other interesting read for operational costs of an aircraft:
http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/workgroups/Documents/MCC-2014-ATH/D1/1630-1700-impact-ops-lease-SGI.pdf
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