"flying high"
 

The following item appeared in "The West Australian's", Inside Cover segment on Thursday :

Comments anyone ?

My mates mum years ago travelled Melbourne-singapore with only 4 pax on board.Every one was up the front and had a 2-1 ratio.

I’ve been on Continental Micronesia DC10 Guam Tokyo with 11 passengers. Left at 4.30am.

They still made money as full of fresh fish as freight for the Japanese lunch table.

Banjo

It's not so much the number of passengers on board, there is something else not quite right about the article.

The must have upgraded Perth flights to A380s without telling anyone...

Right on ! That's what inferred and what most non-aviation enthusiasts would believe.

A330s started recently so perhaps "Bigglesworth" and the "Inside Cover" editor are getting the two confused.

I sent off an email to him on Thursday asking for more information. I haven't received a reply as yet (not that I really expect one) as "Inside Cover" editors tend not to respond when glaring mistakes are brought to their attention.

even if it was an A380....35 cabin crew? Is that right...QF, if I'm not mistaken, only operate with 22?

Minimum yield curve?
 

Would they have operated the flight with so few pax?

the destination still needs a plane to fly the return leg, freight revenue, not wanting to waste a departure/arrival slot, no space to hold a dead aircraft til the next day, and the reasons go on. if they didn't operate it they'd lose more money by cancelling flow-on flights, etc etc.