Qantas minus one B744 - how do they do it?
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Qantas minus one B744 - how do they do it?
Would anyone care to tell us how Qantas is able to operate its published timetable while one of it's B747-400's sits in the ground in Manila with a hole in its side?
And excess capacity as well 
Hopefully this will give you some idea.Starting Friday the classic is finished on lunch time Perths (the curfew breaker) to be replaced by 330s (wont the Perth people be happy). Classic then does Bne-Sin-Bne for next 2 weeks. Then it will increase its frequency Mlb-Akl-LA-Akl Mlb until next bid period when it does it daily. The only problem is lack of crew so 185 hour divisor with double time again for everthing over 180 hours. No sleeper seats from QF on this route until next year then. Lucky that some one had the foresight to save money by not installing sleeper seats in J class 5 years ago. After the failure to purchase the 777 this is probably the next biggest blunder the Einsteins who run this airline have made.
Actually, one of the ways to ameliorate the shortage of hulls is to run the SFO service about 6 hours late. This enables the inbound QF32 service from LHR - SIN to be turned around and sent to SFO. Naturally it can't be done for too long given the need for maintenance and OSIP components to be checked.
I know about this one - my SFO trips were delayed when we clouted the blast fence in JFK as well as this time.
I know about this one - my SFO trips were delayed when we clouted the blast fence in JFK as well as this time.
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Err, isn't Kangaroo and Pacific different config?
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Classic then does Bne-Sin-Bne for next 2 weeks. Then it will increase its frequency Mlb-Akl-LA-Akl Mlb until next bid period when it does it daily.
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Would anyone care to tell us how Qantas is able to operate its published timetable while one of it's B747-400's sits in the ground in Manila with a hole in its side?
Every carrier would have access capacity
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No, it wasnt Lowerlobe.....
Because they, being Qantas have the capacity to access aircraft that aren't being used.
Lowerlobe, do you have anything better to do than scroll around the internet looking for other people mistakes?
Because they, being Qantas have the capacity to access aircraft that aren't being used.
Lowerlobe, do you have anything better to do than scroll around the internet looking for other people mistakes?
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as you all know
there have been so many delays/cancellations in QF in the last few month that the printed schedule means nothing. with over 5000 flights a week there have been many changes which are not published. the cost to communicate this to passengers, rebooking on other available carriers at full costs, putting passengers up in hotels around the globe, paying compensation to passengers overseas, etc.etc, runs into tens of millions of dollars. nice on Geoff.
one less 747 and other maintenance issues, one never knows which aircraft arrives/departs. the only good news is the arrival of 2 A332.
one less 747 and other maintenance issues, one never knows which aircraft arrives/departs. the only good news is the arrival of 2 A332.
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Every carrier would have access capacity
I suggest you read your own post again...as Transition Layer picked it up as well.
Because they, being Qantas have the capacity to access aircraft that aren't being used.
They will get by just as they did when the BKK golf buggy incident happened but to suggest they have spare aircraft sitting around for this sort of eventuality....I don't think so Skystar.
They may lease aircraft from other carriers if they are really desperate but will probably get by with cancelling some services,combining others,reducing frequency or deferring some non essential maintenance on other aircraft...
(that would be a great idea...wouldn't it?)
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Once again lowerlobe you miss the point exactly
An aircraft doesnt fly 24hrs a day 7days a week and never will, however there are ways you can squeeze out hours on a.c that are sitting on the ground waiting their next schedule run. Call it juggling the schedules if you wish
May I suggest you train your voice of saying "Meat or Fish" when your walking down the cabin handing out food?
An aircraft doesnt fly 24hrs a day 7days a week and never will, however there are ways you can squeeze out hours on a.c that are sitting on the ground waiting their next schedule run. Call it juggling the schedules if you wish
May I suggest you train your voice of saying "Meat or Fish" when your walking down the cabin handing out food?
