qf2220: said" My understanding was more that there would be an increase in LHR flying when PS starts, QF own 2 slots pairs that are leased out, while PER-LHR would also go PS. The normal A35K I thought were 3 class? They could do SYD/MEL-LAX but I thought they would keep those as 4 class. I did...
Jump to postchcbasedavi wrote:https://simpleflying.com/case-new-zealand-nonstop-flights-brazil/
Any opinions?
Well for starters, JQ is not a Kiwi carrier, so does not the rights to fly ex-NZ to Fiji, Samoa, etc. Realistically, you're looking at RAR only for them, which they can already channel traffic via AKL to. Just my opinion though. Really? I was under the impression that ANY Australian airline can fly...
Jump to postQantas has just lost the Baggage Handlers unfair dismissal case a third time in the Hight Court. As this was heard by all 7 Justices, there aren't any more avenues for appeal. I still feel this continued court action by Qantas management was a bit reckless as the case had already been awarded again...
Jump to postWould the A332Fs have the range and capacity to replace the China-US flying that QF uses the 744Fs on? Not sure BUT cargo flights do often make technical stops for fuel, cargo doesn't care about extra stops. IF QF wanted to use A332Fs on China - US flying at stop at ANC should take care of any prob...
Jump to postI suspect the A350 will “replace” A330s mostly in the sense that they will displace some of the longer 787 routes freeing them up to replace A330s, along with existing XLRs on order. The newly ordered A350s are A380 replacements quote "Australia’s Qantas will start retiring its fleet of Airbus...
Jump to postQF seem bent on avoiding the 777. Didn’t order it in the previous gen (when they were regularly touted as an airline that needs it). With the A350 selected for Project Sunrise, and the newest A350 order, it’s looking like they might skip it in the 777X gen too. Geez , the 777X at QF was/is just as ...
Jump to postFlalefty wrote: I have to disagree a bit about Qantas' M.O. keeping aircraft to the end of their service lives. The airline's average fleet age is just 14.3 years old. Their oldest aircraft is VH-VXA, which is an B737-800 at 21.7 years of age. They have placed orders for 20 A321XLRs & 29 A220-30...
Jump to postZK-NBT Wrote: It’s a moot point anyway as NZ won’t even be considering flying via Australia. However it is interesting looking at airline rights, NZ could fly anywhere with the SAM but still has to be allowed by the third country, correct? Same for QF from NZ? Exactly correct, all three countries in...
Jump to postWouldn't NZ need to apply for fifth freedom with approval from both Australia and Indonesian authorities, based on the assumption the fifth freedom is not part of the SAM agreement between AU and NZ. I’m pretty sure SAM allows for fifth freedom rights on both sides. For example, NZ has in the past ...
Jump to postIt is quite extraordinary to think that people who witnessed the opening of Auckland Airport as primary school students will not see the long-planned domestic jet pier until they are in their 70s, and will likely being dying of old age before the complete integration of terminals. V/F I was there w...
Jump to postFlair is rumored to be in talks to wet lease 2 of their remaining 2023 deliveries to Bonza this Canadian winter. To be reciprocated by Bonza next Canadian summer 2024. They cannot wet lease C Jets. They cannot use Flair crews either. Internationally yes, domestically no. Likely will be either Allia...
Jump to postMohawkWeekend wrote:Great website with PBY details/
The Catalina Preservation Society
https://pbycatalina.com/specifications/
2400 HP. Cruise speed of 108 knots. Appears it can carry enough gas to remain in the air for 20 hours. Yikes.
aerokiwi said: "Is there a legislative mechanism that can force Qantas to divest itself of Jetstar, like they have in the US? To me this would immediately improve competitiveness and benefit everyone, except perhaps Qantas and Virgin. Afterall, QF supposedly keeps JQ at arms length so, no biggi...
Jump to postfactsonly: Thank you, that was a lot of work, even with some niggles as listed above! RyanairGuru: I am shocked to see Bowen (Australia) on the BOAC route map. Bowen only had a population of about 10,000 people today. What is the story behind that? The August 1939 Cook's Continental Timetable [page ...
Jump to postGetting creative I think SYD-MLE, MEL-MRU, SYD-OKA or SYD-PPT could all be viable (at the very least seasonal) with a JQ 787, obviously none of these examples are cheap to visit once you're there, but the same can be said about HNL and they manage to pull that off. One small problem with your ideas...
Jump to postThere is more than enough demand to warrant a MAN-SYD flight. The problem is, Manchester is really the second home of Gulf carriers ! Non-stop? I doubt it, you run into the "which port" problem on the Aussie end. There is probably enough demand from SYD, MEL & PER combined, which make...
Jump to postNot sure what MTOW AR use? They have a mixture I think of different A332s. AR used to block the A342 at 13:40 EZE-AKL. ETOPS may be an issue? I would see the whole thing as a little unlikely though? ETOPS wouldn't be an issue as they flew the 332 on EZE-AKL-EZE over Covid (getting supplies from Chi...
Jump to postsmi0006 wrote:A 789ER would be perfect for LHR, ORD, CDG etc?
I don't know about the law in Australia, but wouldn't the operating carrier have to be disclosed on the boarding pass? They're disclosing it on the seat map at least.. Yes. Not just on the boarding pass but also on the reservation system, tickets both paper & e-tickets & usually on the airc...
Jump to postOnce the dry lease period commences, will the aircraft have the be re-registered on the VH register? Would QF be able to operate and crew A333’s painted in their livery but have them remain on the Finnish register? Q1 - Entirely up to CASA. Q2 - Entirely up to the Finnish equivalent of CASA What us...
Jump to postAre there ATC issues/shortages through QLD tonight? EK435 is routing through NNSW before heading on course, JQ58 also routing through NNSW. Unless it's changed since I left the department there is no long distance ATC based in NSW. It's all in MEL or BNE, the dividing line is "just north of SY...
Jump to postSome Route have been very slow to recover. HKG-JNB: CX only starting again in Aug 3x a week. This route used be double daily between CX and SAA. No PER-JNB due to SAA collapse No GRU-JNB due to SAA collapse (maybe LATAM has started). LATAM is resuming GRU-JNB on the 3rd of August. Qantas serves PER...
Jump to postWhat would the arguments be against pursuing this (for the NZ Govt)? The first argument is it will cost the NZ taxpayers money. Not really, it might cost AKL airport some money (which they will naturally reclaim via airport fees etc), but unlikely to cost NZ govt much if anything (and potentially m...
Jump to postThis upcoming summer season October 2023 to March 2024. Auckland Airport is set to exceed the 2019 summer season by 11%, With more flights to more destinations in North America than before with 7 airlines to 8 destinations. So the overall picture for all flights is not too far behind: Before the pa...
Jump to postThis is why the 787 was, and remains, IMHO, the best long haul aircraft for QF. It has the legs (wings?) to do any imaginable route the network needs. Singapore one day, LAX the next. Stick the one type and fit it out with a "low-J" option (ie no second J cabin) for the lower yielding des...
Jump to postThis is why the 787 was, and remains, IMHO, the best long haul aircraft for QF. It has the legs (wings?) to do any imaginable route the network needs. Singapore one day, LAX the next. Stick the one type and fit it out with a "low-J" option (ie no second J cabin) for the lower yielding des...
Jump to postJust flew KL702 this weekend from SCL to EZE, flight continues on to AMS. The crew announced that they would be deplaning in EZE and another crew would take over with a ground time of 2 hours. Two questions about this flight. Pax originating in SCL are required to deplane in EZE and wait in a trans...
Jump to postYes. I'd say AKL and/or CHC from LAX are the likely candidates, IMO. I think LAX's last new long haul city was MEL, way back 2014, so it would be pretty cool if LAX got multiple new long haul routes in the same year after not getting any for years. UA/PA has served LAX - MEL for round 50 years, eve...
Jump to postAirbus figures suggest an A320NEO requires 6,400 ft at MTOW for takeoff. HLZ is 6,754 ft long. Do the Airbus figures include safety margins, or would they be additional to the 6,400 ft requirement? Unless NZ requirements are different from Oz, EASA or the FAA [which I doubt] that 6754 ft number is ...
Jump to postAnsett MAL [Mandated Air Lines] operated a civil Caribou in Papua New Guniea in the 60s & 70s for a few years. They also looked at operating a L-100 but decided it would only work if they got ALL the air freight in the country. They discussed the option with TAA but they were not interested so i...
Jump to postCompared to other European airlines, why does KLM continue to service some certain Asian destinations like MNL, BKK, KUL, CGK, etc., while it's other European competitors like BA, AF, and LH can't in a similar way, and instead continued either reducing their presence or cutting their services in th...
Jump to postWhat other countries allow 67? Wouldn’t a non age 67 Pilot be restricted from flying to that country? No. The rules of the country of registration of the aircraft apply everywhere it flies to provided the country it's flying to/from/over is a member of ICAO & are complying with the various ICAO...
Jump to postWhat does international civil aviation treaties and agreements(ICAO?) say about this topic Everybody is breaking of the ICAO treaties, you are not supposed to do that. Having said that a fundamental principle under lying all of international civil aviation is that each country has full sovereignty ...
Jump to postThere is still no sign of VA's first 737MAX8 rolling out at RNT, the first 737MAX8 in LN8604 and will wear the registration VH-8IA. Dont think they will get it until May at the earliest, April delivery is looking unlikely at this stage https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16AVOB_Y1500_Smo6ZOBaQH6...
Jump to postSo we are not allowed so no one else should be allowed. Exactly! That is the whole basis of international civil aviation. In this case it is because the US Government allows better access to US airspace to foreign airlines than it does to its own. IMHO the US airlines do have a point. [Something I ...
Jump to post1. They can make more money selling direct tickets on their own metal for a direct service. 2. If QF think they can make money on MEL/SYD flights which have got to be 20h long what difference is an hour long tech stop in Cairo. 3. The whole point of Project Sunrise is to bypass hubs making the jour...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:mh124 wrote:... sin-lhr.
Will SIN-LHR survive though?
The reason that PER-LHR may survive is because of PER origin passengers make up between 50-75% of the flight. Would that be a high enough load factor to keep the service? I doubt 50% would be, I suspect 75% would be very marginal. At those load factors it might become seasonal, depending on the yie...
Jump to postThe Boeing 757 is a fantastic aircraft. Compared to the planes it replaced (the Boeing 727-200 & the Trident) the B757 had more advanced avionics, vastly superior fuel economy, substantially more range, better field performance and way more payload/passenger capacity. It allowed airlines in Nor...
Jump to postWhy would anyone go via PER when there are direct services from MEL and SYD? If Sunrise is a success, QF will look to offer more direct services out of SYD. There is nothing surer. The advantage in the SYD (and MEL) market will be to offer non-stops to Europe. Having a stop in PER means the competi...
Jump to postTechnically, direct means the same flight number for the entire journey even though there may be stops or even an equipment change during the journey. It is confusing as many people think direct and non-stop are synonymous when they are not. Direct, strictly speaking means same plane, end to end on...
Jump to postI've always had a beef with the airline term "Direct" when they go via a couple of stops, Monopoly explains it much better,"Go directly to jail; do not pass go, do not collect $200". :rotfl: Technically, direct means the same flight number for the entire journey even though ther...
Jump to postThis could sway me, but I'm normally flying Emirates. Direct flight, then Paris to Geneva on the train? Is it better than SYD-DXB-GVA though... That is a stopover but GVA is closest to my destination. The fastest and easiest option would be SYD-DXB-LYS then train to Geneva. If you fly to CDG you'll...
Jump to postI am a bit confused. Is it about « direct » or « non stop » ? I am assuming the former but not the latter. The industry has used the term "direct" to mean a same aircraft/flight number from end to end, regardless of how many traffic/technical stops were made. In the 1960 for example "...
Jump to postAnsett I believe it was used on a shuttle between Proserpine and Hamilton Island. I believe this ended in the mid 80s when Hamilton Island got it’s own fixed wing airport allowing non stop flights on 737/727? from the southern capitals. 2579488 It was more than just a shuttle to Hayman Is [not Hami...
Jump to postThai Airways International is “studying closely” plans to bring its stored Airbus A380s back into its fleet to cope with a capacity shortfall, as the airline sees a steady increase in travel demand. https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/thai-airways-mulls-return-of-a380s-as-demand-rises/150943.articl...
Jump to postHey guys, Downunder: Butler's Hazleton - a personal connection ... East West Ansett - the mightiest of them all ... Take care Bunumuring Barrier Reef Airways, PBYs & Short Sandringhams, various routes from Sydney [Rose Bay] to Cains & various islands, became Ansett Flying Boat Services whic...
Jump to postOr... the aviation industry looks at how people who don't work in the aviation industry, and with modest money (i.e. not people flying in private jets) are thinking and decides to change. Either the aviation industry changes willingly.... or those changes will be imposed by anti-aviation politician...
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