Norfolk Air Tender
Incident: ANZ A320 at Brisbane on May 19th 2012, engine shut down in flight
Looks like ANZ had engine troubles the other day departing BNE for NLK.
8 hour delay. They should have got the ON boys and girls back onto the run, they probably would have got it done quicker.
Looks like ANZ had engine troubles the other day departing BNE for NLK.
8 hour delay. They should have got the ON boys and girls back onto the run, they probably would have got it done quicker.
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Yes, from my experience working around the edges when ON had a disruption, it certainly would have been recovered sooner and without the cost of ferrying 6 hours to/from somewhere to operate the service.
Did the replacement service end up doing a straight return to NLK or overnighting due to crew rest considerations?
Did the replacement service end up doing a straight return to NLK or overnighting due to crew rest considerations?
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Since that insane decision by the Australian govt. to pay mega-millions to terminate the contract AND then use Aussie taxpayers money to subsidise a foreign operator, ON currently has a degree of excess capacity. Feedback from those I worked with indicates they could have mounted a replacement flight within two or three hours - and not had to ferry an aircraft for 6 hours to do it.
So, ON isn't a foreign operator because they operate VH aircraft? And in any case, INU is over the PER nowadays flying for XR, although I am sure that RON could probably have been used at short notice.
At the end of the day, Air NZ will do whatever they think is best in the circumstances. For whatever reason, they chose to bring in one of their own and wear the anger of the pax rather than chartering a replacement. Heck, they probably had the option to borrow a bird from DJ to operate it but chose not to. I am sure there are reasons for that.
At the end of the day, the service ran, pax got there late but nobody died and safety was maintained. Good outcome I would have to say.
At the end of the day, Air NZ will do whatever they think is best in the circumstances. For whatever reason, they chose to bring in one of their own and wear the anger of the pax rather than chartering a replacement. Heck, they probably had the option to borrow a bird from DJ to operate it but chose not to. I am sure there are reasons for that.
At the end of the day, the service ran, pax got there late but nobody died and safety was maintained. Good outcome I would have to say.
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I think you miss the point, ebt, Australian taxpayers money is subsidising Air New Zealand which was never the case with Our Airline.
Yes, you can do that when you've got the monopoly on the service and no competitors to worry about losing passengers to!!
For whatever reason, they chose to bring in one of their own and wear the anger of the pax rather than chartering a replacement.
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My oh my how things change at the whim of politicians. Things should be interesting as to how Our Airline plans on capitalising on the sudden opportunity presented by the reopening of the processing centre on the island.
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Maybe as part of the deal for accepting the the `refugees`into Nauru the President of Nauru should demand that Australia give his airline (Our Airline I think it is now called) the nod for future transportation of all the required personnel as well as the refugees. Why offer the job to outsiders when the Nauruans have a couple of their own 737's in Brisbane almost sitting idle at present?
