Yeh, saw that. Not sure if he had anything to do with the headline but in the listing it said "Qantas Confirms PER-LHR Direct Flights"... then click to the article and it says it's not confirmed at all... wasn't surprised to see one of the authors is GT... overblown heading not a surprise for that 'aviation expert'.

The assumption here is that everyone wants to fly to LHR. As an Englishmen myself I have to say that LHR is a complete sh1thole; and most of the pax I carry out of Perth to Dubai are going to GLA, BHX, MAN, NCL and LGW.

LHR. Horrible place:yuk:

It couldn't be any worse than Dubai! :}

It's not PER-LHR but I see that Virgin have announced
So they have looked at the market from not only west and all points north of Adelaide but will no doubt utilise their west coast-PER.flights to meet the new service ex PER.

Yeh. Per Abu Dhabi should compete well with Per Euro....

Paper here says EY has taking over the east coast flying to AUH from Virgin. Not sure this is a good thing.

PER - AUH obviously to connect with the EY network and a codeshare onward to the final destination. Also need a Singapore flight to connect with the SQ network on a route which Virgin codeshare with SQ who are competitors to EY who are both rivals to Emirates. Oh well I'll work it all out one day ????

Metro man
Would a Virgin codeshare with SQ SYD-JKT-SIN and vv be of interest to you ?.

I still can't work out all this codeshare stuff, I watched the screen at a departure gate one day as it scrolled through 9 different flight numbers for the same aircraft.

Having SQ on the JKT - SYD route is perfectly reasonable as Garuda offer SIN - SYD via JKT and, until the runway is fixed in WIII, SIN - LHR nonstop. They only realised the B777-300 couldn't take off with the fuel load need to go to Europe with the runway in its current state after they had bought the aircraft.

You mean cgk?
Whats the runway problem? Other than the usual bumps etc?

Not strong enough for a heavy 777-300ER:
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...athrow-423770/

Aha, ta
No real surprise
Was wondering if i missed a notam the other week 😑

Metro man

I suspect the Indonesians have downgraded the PCN for their own selfish reasons i.e so they can pick up traffic in SIN for LHR especially the higher yield traffic. When the loads and yield is viable it will be a nonstop to LHR.

I stand to be corrected so if anyone can tell me what the PCN at Soekarno Hatta is I can do the calculation. I would also need to know if the runway is regarded as flexible or rigid. The subgrade coding would be beneficial for further accuracy.

FWIW The B787-9 at a gross 245,847 kgs and a tyre pressure of 1,470 kpa has a greater PCN need than the B777-300ER at 352,441 kgs and a tyre pressure of 1,550 kpa on a flexible pavement.

According to Navtech, the PCN for 07R/25L is: 114/R/D/W/T

I'm guessing the ultra-low subgrade strength kills it!

I think B772 is on the money! When Qantas operated the B747 into DPS, the PCN was restricted for the B747 even though GA's DC10 had a harsher footprint. The DC10 carried fewer passengers than the B747.

Buzzbox.

Thanks for that. I have a copy of the worlds airports (most of) and CGK/WIII strength data is prior to the downgrade.

Your info.
PCN is 114
R is Rigid
D is Ultra Low Strength Subgrade
W is No Tyre Pressure Limitation
T is Technical Evaluation

Based on the above a PCN of 131 is required for unlimited maximum weight take-offs of 352,441 kgs. A PCN of 114 suggests the max weight allowable for unlimited take-offs is 322,000 kgs. In practice a further 10% (32,200 kgs) can be added for a limited number of take-offs per day. These figures are all based on a technical evaluation. If the rigid pavement is under stress the weights would be reduced. Without knowing the full story I stick with my hypothesis.

Ken.
I will not make comment with another example in case I am referred to as being racist !

Thread Drift (sorry)

Some readers may find the article below of interest. This was due to large numbers of A320's and B737-700/800's being added to the domestic fleet and increased frequencies due to the LCC boom. Most of Australia's non capital city airports had thin asphalt surfaced runways.

http://alacpa.org/index_archivos/ALA...20pressure.pdf

B772,

That is so sad!

who wants to fly on arab airlines, who many associate with terrorism. Gays & Jews certainly not.