Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[elanshin]

That agrees with the source I posted above that this has come from QF and not AY.

QF must have a plan. Maybe US bookings are down so much that it will scale back routes like MEL-DFW and SYD-SFO?

Maybe a380 back on MEL - SIN route later in the year freeing 2 330s up.

 

[jakeseven7]

Maybe a380 back on MEL - SIN route later in the year freeing 2 330s up.

That would be nice. I thought the returning A380 was going to DFW though (Syd).

 

[elanshin]

That would be nice. I thought the returning A380 was going to DFW though (Syd).

That's one. There should be a second one later too.

 

[markis10]

Last one due “end of the year” according to QF, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s late.

 

[CMA222]

Update via Loyalty Lobby:

https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/04/29/finnair-furloughs-36-pilots-september-2025-may-2026/?omhide=true

 

[elanshin]

As they put it correctly, you cant both cancel flights due to pilot shortage and also furlough pilots.

 

[justinbrett]

Sounds like AY was being unreliable, QF reduced the lease, and now AY is using that as an excuse to punish some pilots (who probably just cost AY a fair whack of money)

 

[PERLHR]

Sounds like AY was being unreliable, QF reduced the lease, and now AY is using that as an excuse to punish some pilots (who probably just cost AY a fair whack of money)

Unreliable? How so in its Australian ops?

 

[justinbrett]

Unreliable? How so in its Australian ops?

Read the last 10 pages or so of this thread.

 

[PERLHR]

Read the last 10 pages or so of this thread.

Nah...,

 

[justinbrett]

Nah...,

AFF needs an AI summary function!

 

[Jacques Vert]

That would be nice. I thought the returning A380 was going to DFW though (Syd).

The way things are going with tourism to the US an A380 may be way too big.

 

[RooFlyer]

The way things are going with tourism to the US an A380 may be way too big.

Unreliable, too.

 

[justinbrett]

Unreliable, too.

The A380 or the tourism?

 

[Himeno]

The A380 or the tourism?

both