in light of some 744's being replaced by 330's
wouldn't it make sense for QF to do some of their LAX flights via somewhere like NAN & do a splash & dash especially in low season?
eg. MEL/LAX is a long sector. There's no FJ daytime flight MEL/NAN, so if a QF 330 were to fly MEL/NAN in daylight, FJ could free up some 737's.
Only catch with this is UA are flying 787's nonstop MEL/LAX from 28 OCT, but lots of Australians won't fly UA as considered airline of last resort.
It would also give an option for a Fiji stopover.
By stopping briefly in NAN, QF could carry full load without any weight restrictions.
OR one of 2 daily SYD/LAX's go via NAN ?
OR introduce CBR/NAN/LAX ? (wouldn't have to be daily. If someone wanted to fly CBR/LAX or v.v. on other days, they simple transit BNE, SYD or MEL, as they have to currently)
No one from CBR wants to transit bloody terrible SYD.
FJ from memory is back in profit.
QF owns something like 47% of FJ.
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A330-200s will be freed up to enter the Qantas International fleet as replacement aircraft, helping to accelerate the retirement of older Boeing 747 aircraft.
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