CK, I believe that the extra A332's for JQ will be the Increased Gross Weight version that should start arriving later this year. These aircraft are planned to be operated by JQ Asia to Athens & Rome - the standard A332's don't quite have the payload/range figures for that operation.
Don't know if 1 extra is enough to cover NRT, MNL, HNL though.
Qantas is at present short of hulls....so where will these A330s come from?
The A330 freed up from NRT is going to NYC
The B744 will start operating SYD-NRT 6 times per week (+ A330 one per week) in July thus freeing up A333 capacity for SYD-HNL, SYD-MNL & PER-NRT ops. The AKL-LAX-JFK ops will be flown by A332's which previously operated to Mumbai but as that is now flown by A333's as an extension of the QF51/52 service through SIN, the A332 capacity is available.
There has to be a huge market for DFW - so many AA connectors through LAX only hope we could do DFW direct - do we have anything that could make it there non stop from Sydney? Perhaps a bit too far?
When the B744ER's were purchased, they considered using them direct SYD-DFW but that would require fitting a second "AUX" fuel tank thus causing 11 tonne restriction of the payload - this was assessed as uneconomical. Depending on the final payload/range figures of the B787-9, that type may be used to start the route.