First Qantas A220 revealed

[DC3]

And if I lean over, it looks more like this:

 

[Lynda2475]

Been parked at B24 in MEL for last hour or so

 

[AIRwin]

Been parked at B24 in MEL for last hour or so

Been at B24 for 24 hours or so then

 

[Lynda2475]

Been at B24 for 24 hours or so then

Quite possibly, I only noticed it an hour ago, running on ~3.5hrs sleep.

 

[RooFlyer]

Been at B24 for 24 hours or so then

Doesn't the airport charge airlines a fee per unit of time at the gate?

 

[RichardMEL]

Doesn't the airport charge airlines a fee per unit of time at the gate?

Perhaps as QF lease the whole of T1, they can do what they like with "their" gates (as opposed to say a common use int gate at T2 or dom at T4)

 

[SYD]

Perhaps as QF lease the whole of T1, they can do what they like with "their" gates (as opposed to say a common use int gate at T2 or dom at T4)

I believe that’s true at many Dom terminals? Aren’t there usually a bunch of planes parked at gates overnight ready for the 6am early starters (well, at least in SYD during curfew hours).

 

[cpatters]

Do we know when the next QF A220 is due to roll off the line?

 

[jakeseven7]

Do we know when the next QF A220 is due to roll off the line?

Number 3 you mean?

 

[Sprucegoose]

Have the first flight details been confirmed?

 

[AIRwin]

Do we know when the next QF A220 is due to roll off the line?

By the end of the month?
"Another five A220s are scheduled to be delivered between January 2024 and mid-2025."

 

[Sprucegoose]

"Another five A220s are scheduled to be delivered between January 2024 and mid-2025."

VH-X4A
VH-X4B
VH-X4C
VH-X4D
VH-X4E

 

[AIRwin]

VH-X4A
VH-X4B
VH-X4C
VH-X4D
VH-X4E

VH-X4A and VH-X4B already delivered in December 2023 and January 2024 respectively

 

[cpatters]

Number 3 you mean?

Correct!

 

[marki]

Looks pretty incredible!

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Green colour

 

[AIRwin]

Been at B24 for 24 hours or so then

Finally left MEL on 30 January for more familiarisation flights

 

[TedE]

Any speculation on when A220 flights will be available to book. Going MEL-CBR (which is where I understand they'll be servicing first) in late June and only seeing 737s then. Assuming the A220s come on line, would that be additional flights or would they swap out the 737s?

 

[Himeno]

Any speculation on when A220 flights will be available to book. Going MEL-CBR (which is where I understand they'll be servicing first) in late June and only seeing 737s then. Assuming the A220s come on line, would that be additional flights or would they swap out the 737s?

If they are going to start on CBR 717 routes, they are likely to just appear on existing 717 flights with QF15xx numbers.

 

[RichardMEL]

They will be flying by midyear. It's the certification issue they're waiting on.. sweating on I daresay. Can't wait to get them in the air.

I suspect some of the 737 flights would get replaced in the case of the 220s going into service - probably not peak setvices though.

 

[cpatters]

Geez hopefully they will be flying long before midyear as its a very expensive wait having brand new aircraft empty with just doing training flights without earning revenue.