It’s all good saying it’s efficient to do SYD-ZQN-SYD, but that’s only 5 hours flight time for the frame.
It looks more likely that a Syd based airframe would stay on the international side, do a ZQN return from 10am to 5pm then up to Bali, arriving back as a red eye.
That sounds like excellent utilisation to me.
Any idea when they release Captain numbers?
Dunno when but I've heard 24 this year.
Do you think any more ac beyond the 77 or that’s it for a while?
The Silkair seven won't all be online until Feb or March. If demand is greater than what can be met there are still ex VA/TT airframes that could be reintroduced.