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Nope. That's not how it works. They don't have any pre 6am arrivals slots. In fact there are no slots before 6am. These are called curfew shoulder movements and have a quota rather than slots. Since they're not slots they don't have historical reclaim. Numbers and are de facto approved through...

Yes, LHR slots can be leased or sold. Currently Qantas have 4 daily slot pairs, 2 of which are leased to BA. LHR slot lease agreements include penalty clauses to ensure that the lessee utilises them such that the slots are maintained. This is unique to the UK. In almost all countries slots...

Of course its payload restricted, the question is how much and weather their configuration is fully accounting for this. It likely is within their mission envelop, just like the B787-9's config was optimised for the payload restriction on westbound PER-LHR. MEL-LHR is a touch shorter than...

They have kept the additional 2 daily LHR slot pairs, which is indicative that they intend to have 4x daily LHR. Given the rush over the past few years to dispose of non-core assets (or should we say push by financial markets to do this), it seems like they're holding for a reason. But I also...

No reason why it wouldn't be considered. Qantas did a fair bit of work on the B777X during the Project Sunrise evaluation, so they have a good understanding. Ultimately, what's running against it is Qantas coalescing around two widebody types. Would the benefit of marginally larger aircraft...

I think that's been misreported. The 2nd tranche of A350-1000s won't be replacing the A380s, rather they're part of the A330 replacement order. 12x B787s and 12x A350s (non-ULR) to replace most of the A330s with a few of the younger A330-200s getting a refurb. These start arriving in 2027, well...

Qantas doesn't have a particularly high density of premium O&D demand to/from Singapore. With the exception of QF1/2, their capacity is dominated by the least premium dense widebodies in their fleet (A330-300). What Singapore has is volume though. Tokyo on the other hand, where they flew the...

Indeed, I'm saying the same thing: ‘charging’ and ‘pricing’ a 20% premium and ‘20-30% higher prices’ is not the same as airline earning a premium or a higher yield. But the articles you linked incorrectly implies that they'll charge 20% more for tickets or price tickets 20% more (despite the...

The article doesn't say they'll charge higher fares though. It says that they'll generate a premium and that people are willing to pay more. They're not the same thing. But that's the nuance: they even speak to PER-LHR as the example, but there isn't a single (economy class) fare basis where QF...

Yes they'll generate a premium. They even explicitly indicate the premium they earn on PER-LHR, but the point is the manner in which they'll generate that premium. It isn't done through higher fares, but how they manage yields, just like they do on PER-LHR. It's about selling more of those...

This is an astute observation. People keep assuming they'll charge more (i.e. higher cost or price). They won't, instead they'll earn more though higher yields, but higher yields doesn't imply higher prices. There's some nuance to it, but yields here are driven by premiumisation, i.e. more...

Which South Asian carriers are outstripping and outserving Qantas? South Asia is pretty low yield and very seasonal. Nepal and Pakistan are pretty small markets with very high operational challenges which mean high cost. Nepal because it's nearly 5000ft AMSL so big payload restrictions, while...

Not surprised. Flight is designed to connect to/from their LAX and SFO flights so they're going to want high prices for local traffic. That said, over time expect them to discount heavily for short duration tickets or seasonal fluctuations. Margins cost is low, so they'll be happy to flog off...

Reminds me of this:

SYD-JNB? It's at 83% over last 12 months which is quite remarkable given the implicit seasonality in the route.

It was never B787 before COVID. It was B747 all the way through to the COVID shutdown.

It was B787 after B747 since they barely had any A380s. You may recall the slow A380 RTS. The plan was always A380 once they had sufficient aircraft. This is because the B787 is massively payload restricted from JNB due to its altitude (5700ft). B787 isn't a great hot and high performer and they...

It's more expensive to run the A380 on any route compared to the B787-9. But it can also generate a lot more revenue. But yes, quite a few blocked seats, but they don't mind blocking many economy seats if it means selling more in first, business and/or premium economy. FWIW, B787-9 also has to...

OQC will return in time for SYD-DFW increasing to daily in early January. But the way things have gone with the A380s? Who knows!

Still have no idea what that means. There's been plenty of spare B787 time between the end of European peak summer (when seasonal SYD-PER-FCO) ended and when seasonal SYD-SCL and SYD-YVR increases start. They didn't send it back to JNB, rather using is ad hoc to SIN and HNL. And the A380 was...