Qantas Project Sunrise goes ahead, 12 new A350-1000s ordered

At one stage they were saying they wanted flexibility to use the 350s both ULH and also medium haul (think HKG pre-covid) - I think it’s more likely the 350 will now be LH/ULH (12hr+ - LAX, DFW, NYC, LHR etc) and 787s will end up medium haul (6hr+ - SIN, BKK, NRT etc), and 321s for short-medium thin (3-6hr with thinner demand so PER-Eastcoast and thinner international routes).
 
There was something in the media earlier in the week about A330 replacements but I can find it now. However, there was a lot of coverage back in August when QF announced that they’d asked Airbus and Boeing for proposals with replacements starting in 2023 (if that’s even possible - even for an off the shelf aircraft.).

Most of the coverage was focussed on like for like (ie wide body replacements including A330neo or a variant of A350 / B787 (any of which you’d think would have cost efficiency through commonality with existing and planned fleet).

Whatever it is, I hope they squeeze in some PE seats for mid range hops.
 
Not sure if QF are willing to do 'sub-fleets' of the same type, which has largely been off-limits during the Joyce era. Can really only see QF doing subfleets for the 789 and 321XLRs if Joyce were to 'move on' in the medium term.
 
The news blurb was that they *(QF)* are back into profits!
And so the MEL QFi J lounge upgrade will happen, as will the SYD QFi J lounge as well, will happen.
$$$.
With project sunrise, direct flights SYD - LHR, is why they want to upgrade these 2 lounges.
Most likely the 321 will take over from the wide bodies/bodied planes domestically, and so, we have to accept a downgrade.
Don't think they (QF) would put too many 787s/350s into purely Aust dom flights.
 
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Do you mean the convenient write downs during covid to ensure a massive profit so AJ's bonus is plentiful, and the new aircraft coming once AJ leaves ?

Any smart business would be writing down what they can.

If your business didn’t and doesn’t maximise what they could do at every level then it’s worse off.

Many airlines didn’t come through it at all, look at Virgin which is a home grown example.
 
Any smart business would be writing down what they can.

If your business didn’t and doesn’t maximise what they could do at every level then it’s worse off.

Many airlines didn’t come through it at all, look at Virgin which is a home grown example.

Many airlines didn't come through Covid.... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
Many airlines didn't come through Covid.... Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm

Are you implying that's not the case? Because it absolutely is.

Quite a few airlines are no more - Alitalia, Flybe, LATAM Argentina, Cathay Dragon, Air Asia Japan, Tigerair Australia

The list of airlines that declared bankruptcy / voluntary administration is even longer - including VA (which is arguably a new airline similar to ITA), Virgin Atlantic, South African Airways, Avianca, Thai Airways, Interjet, Norwegian, Philippine Airlines ...
 

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