QF 737 Tasman Flights
Qantas has announced an extra 260,000 seats annually on the Tasman on three routes.
Brisbane - Christchurch, Melbourne - Christchurch, and Melbourne - Wellington. This is in addition to an extra 35,000 seats annually between Brisbane and Wellington announced recently and beginning in October 2024. All of which will be flown by the 737 fleet. I have two questions for those in the know; Is anyone aware of any flying being taken off the 737 domestically ( maybe given to the E190 or 220) in order to free up capacity on the 737? Does either Jetconnect or Mainline SH have the spare hours ( approximately 1700 extra Tasman flights) to allow it as it currently stands? Cheers, |
NJS have been doing daily BNE-MEL since the A220s were approved for commercial ops and their B717s have been doing multiple MEL-SYD returns for months (much to their crews dismay). Maybe Network Aviation will be operating PER-BNE to free up some more 737s…
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Originally Posted by 73qanda
(Post 11623516)
Is anyone aware of any flying being taken off the 737 domestically ( maybe given to the E190 or 220) in order to free up capacity on the 737?
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Word on the street is maybe a new Jetconnect base in CHC to support expansion. As above have said I would think that Pilots will be more of a problem for them. When do the first A321’s arrive for Qantas? I have heard that the Qantas sim will be up and running middle of the year.
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Originally Posted by Ollie Onion
(Post 11623570)
As above have said I would think that Pilots will be more of a problem for them. When do the first A321’s arrive for Qantas? I have heard that the Qantas sim will be up and running middle of the year.
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New JC base? Heard it’s going the other way
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Originally Posted by SixDemonBag
(Post 11623576)
New JC base? Heard it’s going the other way
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Originally Posted by dr dre
(Post 11623572)
Early next year. Sim arrives at the CAE centre in Sydney mid year. Training pilots selected for the 321 already doing endorsements and slots for line crew will be advertised in next month’s training allocation.
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Mainline is only getting the XLR
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Mainline will also be operating A220 from late next year, you heard it here!
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Originally Posted by Angle of Attack
(Post 11623651)
Mainline will also be operating A220 from late next year, you heard it here!
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Originally Posted by aussieflyboy
(Post 11623668)
What B scale SO would take a pay cut to accept an A220 Command?
The thought of flying an ancient 737 turns plenty off short haul. It’s like the opposite of shiny jet syndrome. |
I like to call it a nasty case of the maggots
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Originally Posted by Angle of Attack
(Post 11623651)
Mainline will also be operating A220 from late next year, you heard it here!
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Originally Posted by dr dre
(Post 11623536)
I believe it’s more of a matter of having the appropriate number of crew trained up by that time, both mainline and Jetconnect. There’s still some “fat” in the airframe utilisation to allow some extra flights, especially back of the clock.
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Originally Posted by chazwazza14
(Post 11624243)
Apparently JC crew only do 400-500 hours a year. So maybe just improving the efficiency of those guys???
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