It only takes two planes to service daily flights non-stop to either LHR or JFK, or anywhere.If they order these 12 planes, QF will probably buy another 15 approx to replace the A380's. These are much smaller than A380's so more will be needed. A fleet of 30 is not out of the question by 2032.IF ...

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The hard product on the dreamliners is good. All the older planes hard product is very poor. I've done the old B777 HKG-TLV last year and it was awful. This year it switched to the B787-9 and it was like a different airline.

I've flown 12 hour flights in economy on a Dreamliner. I survived. Composite worries? Then don't fly any new aircraft including the A350. You might have to swim everywhere within a few years.

Air NZ have the option to convert some of these to 787-9's. They would be the one's to do NYC, not the 787-10.