Longhaul Layover Question - With Infrequent Flights
I noticed that some European airlines that operate to the Caribbean or Cancun only have 1-2 flights per week. For example, Edelweiss operates one A330 to Punta Cana per week from Zurich. During April, Austrian evidently served Punta Cana with a 777 one day per week.
In these cases, do the pilots and other crew remain in Punta Cana for an entire week? Or, are the crews repositioned to another location (i.e., perhaps Edelweiss serves another island on another day) or sent home via the airlines after a few days? I am pretty sure that Austrian did not serve other islands in the Caribbean with the 777 during April - what happened to their crew during that week?
So, how does that work? I've seen this with Lufthansa too in which a once-weekly A330 will serve an African destination. Do the crews stay at this location for a long time?
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