Originally Posted by
Bad Adventures
It appears Jetstar staff have been told that they will cease operations to Honolulu in the coming months with the 3 787’s to be transferred to QF to start servicing the route.
this has been an internal rumour that’s been going around for a little while now. The weakening of the Australian dollar compared to the US appears to be hurting the leisure market to Hawaii.
My theory, 3 787s to go to QF in the short term, then the remaining 8 from 2024 when the A321XLRs begin to be delivered.
Having read some articles the A321 XLR appears to be a very capable aircraft, with a rear centre tank holding 12,900 litres of fuel, giving an overall capacity of around 29 tonnes (with 8 baggage hold positions). That should give enough range to fly east coast Australia to SGN/HKT/BKK, allowing JQ to return to a single fleet and for QF to start retiring their older A330s.
https://www.flightglobal.com/program...133136.article