ETOPS 330
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Posts: 102
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ETOPS 330
Did CASA finally approve ETOPS 330 on the 787? Very interesting what the future of QF International will look like once international travel bounces back. Any ideas on what routes QF would be looking at as soon as international travel resumes?
Will they need that for the Antarctic charters?
It's about 4 hours from Melbourne to the ice and they usually spend 4 hours over the ice and 4 hour's back.
Obviously using Hobart, or perhaps even Dunedin if they go well east, would be even closer too meaning 240 would probably suffice.
Last edited by C441; 18th Nov 2020 at 20:00. Reason: added an "o" to too.
Anything that turns a profit.
Originally the 330 ETOPS was required to take over Johannesburg and Santiago on the 787.
Don't think you'll find any Polar Bears in Antarctica unless they are very lost, Ursus Maritimus is a northern hemisphere mammal The North Pole ar Bear.
My old geography teacher said there are no polar bears at the south pole otherwise they'd have eaten all the penguins. That's why they live mainly on seals.
My old geography teacher said there are no polar bears at the south pole otherwise they'd have eaten all the penguins. That's why they live mainly on seals.
Last edited by Dave Gittins; 19th Nov 2020 at 12:53.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Australia
Posts: 102
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Which begs the question, would Qantas consider flying over Antarctica since ETOPS 330 has been approved? Perth to Buenos Aires for example is a possible route.
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 8
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The issue with flying over Antarctica is communications. There is no satellite coverage below about 80S and HF has similar issues - since the land based antennas in NZ and SA all point north /east/west not south. McMurdo isn't set up to handle routine airline communications.
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Stralya
Posts: 198
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The issue with flying over Antarctica is communications. There is no satellite coverage below about 80S and HF has similar issues - since the land based antennas in NZ and SA all point north /east/west not south. McMurdo isn't set up to handle routine airline communications.
And McMurdo can talk quite happily to ML CTR.
Last edited by compressor stall; 23rd Nov 2020 at 20:08.
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Gold Coast
Posts: 8
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Except that Qantas a/c are not equipped with Iridium (as you say, would they care to spend the $$ ?). Inmarsat coverage does not extend below about 80S. McMurdo is not (as I understand it) a designated ATC facility. Could be done but would they bother for limited operations ?