Little Napoleon, there is a rather more fruitful way to save a considerable amount of fuel and expense.
That is right, look around all those other airlines have already done it: They evaluated, they purchased and now operate new equipment.
However let us be frank. Young Patrick Hatch is an affable chap and column inches in the newspapers keep the young fellow employed. It also allow you to scrapbook all the 'amazing' press coverage.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...22-p4zz42.html
https://www.smh.com.au/business/comp...23-p50hyy.html
So while that may be eye pleasing to you, the reality is as the ICCT correctly stated that your fuel expense
makes Qantas the worst airline across the Pacific. After ten years and lots of limericks Qantas are yet to order an aircraft. Mr Dixon was kind enough over a decade ago to reserve some 787 places.With much fanfare a nice junket to Seattle, with all the usual suspects, paid for by shareholders to welcome the first 787 for Qantas. Of course in arrival Sydney, people needed to look the other way not to notice many of the 787 already operating in and out of the airport. No doubt even a few sitting around painted up to look like Jetstar. The now (thankfully) relegated to history Leigh Clifford,waxed lyrically that somehow it was legislation and the QSA 1992 that stopped Qantas re-equipping as capital was scarce.
Qantas has splashed largess on share buy backs, well over $2 billion. JQ have a shiny new order for 110 A320 NEO, yet a handful of 787 for Qantas are it.
A bigger mirror to admire the reflection may well be good use of shareholder funds, while admiring the reflection, perhaps the cause of most of Qantas' problems will be staring back.
Qantas need a new fleet.