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Stephen · 11-12-2016, 23:53

Arthur its simple really, older planes had a stop over to refuel, mainly as a precautionary measure.

Newer planes are more fuel efficient and are larger so by default can take on more fuel.

Same way new cars can travel further on a tank of fuel then cars made 30 odd years ago.

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Stephen Smeghead Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Glasgow Age: 44 Services: Sky Q 2Tb, Sky Q mini, boxsets and Sports & Movies HD, Sky Fibre unlimited Posts: 14,590	Re: Qantas to launch first non-stop flight from UK to Australia Arthur its simple really, older planes had a stop over to refuel, mainly as a precautionary measure. Newer planes are more fuel efficient and are larger so by default can take on more fuel. Same way new cars can travel further on a tank of fuel then cars made 30 odd years ago. __________________ AMD Ryzen 7 7700 \| 32GB DDR5 6000 \| RADEON 7900XT \| WD 2TB NVME