Our A332NG

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Christian,

In real life the A332 is actually used for cross South Atlantic flights, it is operated by Air France from São Paulo (Guarulhos/SBGR) to Paris (Charles de Gaule), non stop flight. They also use the B777.
So, I think A330 is a good choice for this kind of flight.:)


Well, Rodrigo,

On the other hand looking more closely on the last part of your post I thought, that crossing the South Atlantic with an A330 isn't such a good idea. Shame on me, as I assigned the aircraft myself.

I think in a leter version we will assign an A340. I hope we both are talking about flights TC1050/TC1051, at least i am talking about them right now. :D

Anyhow, enjoy your 'new' aircraft.

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Hi Rodrigo.

You are right on the flights of Air France, but they fly a very different route accross the Atlantic and it is in no way compareable with the route 'our' A330 would fly. If you take a look at the map I have attached you can see what I mean. In this configuration everything is in order, but in the case that Ascension (FHAW) is not available for a divert enroute we can not fly this route with a twinjet. It might to be different with a four engine jet like the A340, or B747.

But anyhow here are some interesting docuents I found on the internet today, whilst looking for this topic (entering EROPS to search for):
Causes
Boeing

Now I will sign off as we are close to bed time over here in Europe