Qantas to Wet Lease

[Fujiroll76]

Growing talks of a potential wet lease arrangement with several QF routes. AIPA shot this down a few weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean a great deal.

Not only will this be significant for staff but highly embarrassing for QF management.

Watch this space..

[dr dre]

The rumour is Norwegian 787s until all A380 capacity is back. International travel returned a lot quicker than they had expected. Norwegian’s 78s are in a high density 56 premium economy/286 economy configuration.

[smiling monkey]

It's not the first time QF has wet leased. If I remember correctly in the late 80's they wet leased a Tower Air 747-100.

[dr dre]

Alliance, Atlas are technically wet leased, they wet leased a few AN jets for a period of time after the AN collapse. At the same time they had a similar deal with Air Canada for some 767s for a few months.

It also looks like they wet leased passenger jumbo in the late 80s from Aer Lingus and Martinair (https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=379759) in addition to Tower Air. To cover capacity shortfalls according to the thread.

So temporary wet leasing is not uncommon or new, but will ruffle some feathers no doubt.

[teiemka]

The rumour is Norwegian 787s until all A380 capacity is back. International travel returned a lot quicker than they had expected. Norwegian’s 78s are in a high density 56 premium economy/286 economy configuration.

Saw that too, only thing is that Norwegian doesn’t operate any 787s post Bjorn Kjos. Might be Norse Atlantic which has started operations a few months ago using 787s with the same flawed LCC transatlantic.model.They have already leased(dry) 4 787s to Air Europa.

Regardless of which airline, it willl be a new low for QF management if that is the strategy being pursued and will be further confirmation they are aren’t the smartest guys outside the room.(echo chamber)