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Turing_Machine on Aug 16, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Superson...

Sure, but if it's the difference between "can" and "can't"...

It's a small enough issue that it's the routine route for cargo flights between China and the U.S. West Coast.

Anchorage is the second-largest cargo airport in the United States (after FedEx's home base in Memphis).

Scoundreller on Aug 16, 2022 [–]

Part of that is because cargo usually runs on old and inefficient planes, so they really benefit from “intermediate stop operations”. Carrying all that extra fuel for a direct long-haul adds 10-15% in fuel costs.

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