Originally Posted by
Stationair8
They still have a crew base in Hobart?
Correct: One QF mainline 73H and one NJS 717 overnight; but from 31 March, instead of the 73H flying first-wave to MEL and the 717 to SYD, the 73H flys to SYD and the 717 to MEL.
Originally Posted by
Lapon
I didn't think they had ever left Hobart, other than occasionally having 737s operate some of the sectors on any given day from time to time.
Correct: The 717 and 73H have been sharing the HBA-SYD sectors, whereas the 73H exclusively has been flying all HBA-MEL sectors. But the plan (as indicated by the available flights) had been for the remaining 717 HBA-SYD to be replaced entirely by 73H from 31 March, leaving no 717 flying to HBA. Instead, the 717 appears to stay; it replaces all 73H flying on HBA-MEL, and just two per week 717 will remain on HBA-SYD, the other 17 per week as 73H.
Turns out QF (excluding JQ) has scheduled more seats per week on HBA-SYD than on HBA-MEL, unless some new 223 runs appear ...