On 3/15/2011 5:40 PM, tupolev204 wrote:
Hi, this is my very first post.
As you see, Im a bit of Tupolev fan hehe, and would like if someone
could give me some clearity on this.


TU 204-300 has a capacity of 142 pax. and can fly non stop between
Moscow - Vladivostok, which is about 6.500km

Could this airplane be easily used for short routes, like the A320 which
has also about 150 pax. (business + economy).


Or is it really requierd to have an airplane specially designed for
short routes fly only on those?
Thanks in advance for your replies!

Air France was flying A380s between Paris and London last summer. They
were doing this to get some revenue out of their aircraft that otherwise
had over 11 hours to sit at CDG/LFPG between flights from/to
Johannesburg. That's a very short flight for a long haul aircraft, but
I don't think they are doing this currently. It probably takes more
time to load/unload the passengers than flight time.