I can't imagine why you'd be at all reluctant to buy a new aircraft Boeing rushed through design and into production.Orders for all of the wide bodies are softening. Airbus has an aircraft now, but I very much doubt that Boeing will have one before 2023...and I wouldn't want to buy it anyway.
Yes, six would be good.I’m tipping A350 in a 6/50/40/140 config.
I’m tipping A350 in a 6/50/40/140 config.
Something vaguely appealing about travel in the F six-packYes, six would be good.
VH-ZNJ is listed as having been delivered a week ago (Wed 6th Nov). When it is meant to operate the LHR-SYD test?...
I thought it might have done the LHR flight already and the news didn't blow up about it.
Unless QF buy/trade for new LHR slots, any non stop Sunshine flight would need to fit with their existing slot times. 2 x morning arrival, 2 x lunch departure, 2 x lunch arrival, 2 x evening departure (2 pairs currently leased to BA).Anyone thought about what sort of timetable QF is likely to follow with these flights?
Assuming SYD-LHR "traditional" timing arriving in LHR at 5am, do you think we would see a morning departure back to SYD, arriving early afternoon, or do you think we'll see a mid afternoon departure arriving in SYD in the evening? (notiing current QF2 timing - leaving LHR at 2035 - won't work as it would mean an SYD arrival around 3am).
On the other hand could see a neat same day service, leaving MEL or SYD at 8am arriving into LHR 5pm, turning around at 6:30pm to arrive back in MEL a 00:30am??
If a qantas event happens and there wasn't a news story - did it even happen?
One thing I haven't seen discussed / revealed is what fuel usage is like for a non-stop vs a one-stop flight?UK Independent yesterday:
Final preparations are under way for Qantas’ London-Sydney nonstop test flight, which is happening the same week as the airline announces its commitment to becoming more sustainable and cutting carbon emissions.
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Qantas to launch direct London-Sydney flight on same week as sustainability pledge
Australian airline says it ‘recognises that airlines have a responsibility to cut emissions and combat climate change’www.independent.co.uk
2 x evening departure (2 pairs currently leased to BA).
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Amazing how far you can fly an empty aircraft.Well, Qantas themselves seem to have forgotten. A 747-400 flew that route way back in 1989. That flight proved nothing too.