PakN'US wrote:Before Pakistan bought B777, a study was done to acquire A330. The reason being that the cockpit was similar to A319 and it was fuel efficient (being 2 engine aircraft). The company (American) that financed the deal made a clause that PIA should acquire American bouth aircrafts.
Now that we have already bought Boeings, PIA should stay with Boeing Boeing planes and keep the fleet uniform and that is one way we can keep the costs down. Southwest Airlines has been successful by doing the same. My option: B777ER
hhh....lets see..maybe there are other factors rather than some American company telling PK which planes to purchase..
(do you have any proof by the way)
1)you probably meant A310 or A300, as PK never had the A319....
2)while a great plane, the A330-200 competes more with the 767-300/767-400 series then with the 777-200ER...also, the A330-300, which competes with the 777-200ER, doesn't stack up to the 777-200ER in terms of economics, cargo, trip costs, etc...now if an Air Carrier had a fleet of A330's (such as Lufthansa), then it makes sense for them to get the A330-300 over the B777-200ER..
3)The A340-300 competes with the B777-200ER....and its quite obvious the 777-200ER beats the A340-300 hands down
now, rather than making some unsubstantiated posts, bring some proof..