Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[serfty]

In the initial call of 50 mins, 40 of that was Manilla trying to confirm if they could put me on MH.

You need to ask for the "Team Coach".

 

[ANstar]

Is this due to AY pilot industrial action?

Yes

 

[SYD]

Yes

No impact on BKK?

 

[OATEK]

No impact on BKK?

QF295 has operated as normal in March, but QF291 has only operated once since 2nd March.

 

[AIRwin]

QF295 has operated as normal in March, but QF291 has only operated once since 2nd March.

Looks like there is a spare AY aircraft sitting in SYD every day?

 

[OATEK]

Got our notification through the app today that QF291 is cancelled for 30/4, and we have been moved to QF1 (as we are in PE). They have also added a QF81 flight, using the QF291 timings, with a QF332.

It seems that either QF1 and QF 81 are operating each day, or QF1 alone up to 30/4 (haven't looked beyond that).

So the SYD-SIN-SYD QF291 wet lease is on hold for now.

 

[elanshin]

QF295 has operated as normal in March, but QF291 has only operated once since 2nd March.

If i were to guess, AY probably said to QF they could only staff one flight and from QFs PoV that has to be BKK as SIN has more flights and options.

 

[Himeno]

If i were to guess, AY probably said to QF they could only staff one flight and from QFs PoV that has to be BKK as SIN has more flights and options.

Finnair, including the wet lease, has been covered in a new Mentour Now! video. It would appear that the AY crews operating the QF flights are rotated between Finland and Australia via BKK. They have 9 day trips HEL-BKK-SYD-SIN-SYD-BKK-HEL.
If AY are having crew problems, then it would make sense for them to ask to reduce to 1 of the routes and shorten the trip time by dropping the SYD-SIN-SYD rotation.

 

[SYD]

Finnair, including the wet lease, has been covered in a new Mentour Now! video. It would appear that the AY crews operating the QF flights are rotated between Finland and Australia via BKK. They have 9 day trips HEL-BKK-SYD-SIN-SYD-BKK-HEL.
If AY are having crew problems, then it would make sense for them to ask to reduce to 1 of the routes and shorten the trip time by dropping the SYD-SIN-SYD rotation.

Or maybe QF can bring forward the dry lease timing? With several QF A330 aircraft with supply chain / maintenance issues, they probably have sufficient crew?

 

[exLXCXFF]

QF295 has operated as normal in March, but QF291 has only operated once since 2nd March.

It looks like QF291 only operated on 27 March, and there is one flight scheduled on 10 April. Rest looks pretty dire.

I wonder what the actual agreement was between Qantas and Finnair in terms of a) duration, b) number of lights to be executed, and c) T&Cs in case Finnair cannot fulfil its obligations within that timeframe...

 

[PeterA]

Any further updates to this? I'm due to fly QF291 to SIN on May 31st with a connection on the 19:40 3K flight to coughet. If there's no Finnair will Qantas automatically substitute QF81 onto this route?

 

[elanshin]

Any further updates to this? I'm due to fly QF291 to SIN on May 31st with a connection on the 19:40 3K flight to coughet. If there's no Finnair will Qantas automatically substitute QF81 onto this route?

Unless you're actively following the developments in Finland, I don't think any of us would likely be able to provide a real answer.

Given this is a AY pilots issues, I doubt QF have any real insight yet into May either. It could be resolved tomorrow for all we know as its labour union disputes.

 

[OATEK]

Any further updates to this? I'm due to fly QF291 to SIN on May 31st with a connection on the 19:40 3K flight to coughet. If there's no Finnair will Qantas automatically substitute QF81 onto this route?

QF are still selling flights on QF291 from 1 May onwards, so they must think it is going to operate given it is less than 3 weeks away. But the QF1/81 flights are shown up to 30/4/25.

 

[elanshin]

QF are still selling flights on QF291 from 1 May onwards, so they must think it is going to operate given it is less than 3 weeks away. But the QF1/81 flights are shown up to 30/4/25.

I think they're just zeroing out Premium economy that way its an eaiser aircraft swap.

 

[OATEK]

I think they're just zeroing out Premium economy that way its an eaiser aircraft swap.

They might have refined their process, but for the April flights they zeroed all classes on QF291 quite early. Perhaps that was because of school/Easter holidays.