Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[tdimdad]

I wonder, when the AY wet lease becomes a dry lease late next year, if the aircraft will keep the AY seats, or if they be changed to the QF seats.
They are [currently] meant to keep the 2 aircraft under the dry lease for 3 years.

Hopefully they keep the AY seats. You get Economy Comfort rows at the front of Y and a rather decent PE. Though, J is awesome for some and a trouble for others.

 

[SYD]

I wonder, when the AY wet lease becomes a dry lease late next year, if the aircraft will keep the AY seats, or if they be changed to the QF seats.
They are [currently] meant to keep the 2 aircraft under the dry lease for 3 years.

It was reported somewhere (maybe a link upthread) that they’ll get a repaint but retain the interiors.

Having the additional PE will be attractive to many. For SYD-SIN, there’s always the A380 or alternate days with QF81/82 for those who don’t like the AY J seat. Wouldn’t bother me o/n but I’ve not tried it on a “day flight” when I’d probably like to recline with a wine and a movie.

 

[Melburnian1]

Apologies: I've not read the 24 pages of this thread, so hope I'm not being repetitive.

How often do the Finnair crews (flight and cabin) get to travel back to where they live in Finland? How many return SIN-SYD or BKK-SYD trips do they tend to do on each roster?

 

[Saab34]

Cabin Crew are Asian based I recall.

 

[Spacetravel]

Cabin crew are based out of SIN/ BKK

 

[CaptJCool]

Cabin crew are based out of SIN/ BKK

The thai wage rates based on QF WAGES are like A$2.16 per hour !

 

[Saab34]

Jetstar said after an ABC Investigation a few years ago, it pays its Thai based crew who operate 787 flights, after all allowances, around $700AUD week. The hourly rate is quite low, but allowances really bump up the salary.

That’s about half when comparing to local crews.

I believe Singapore based crew earn more.

Finnair crews would be on similar wages.