QantasLink 717's to Gladstone
Qantas Link to fly Boeing 717's to Gladstone from early next year.....
http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au...et-age-qantas/ |
Sweet!!!!
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With 2x B717s being based in BNE from early 2012 wonder what other routes they will operate? My guess is MKY, and ROK perhaps?
Either way it will free up a few Q400s! Wonder if the spare Q400s will head west to Perth.... Thanks |
Hopefully their formal announcement will include details of the other routes. MKY and ROK seem obvious but perhaps there's some more 'out-of-the-box' plans. Not that GLT is that far out of the box.
I'd say WA is a safe bet for the released Q400s but fingers crossed they have some other plans too, perhaps another 1 in SA? |
For them to operate BNE-MKY(3 a day) and BNE-ROK (3 a day)as well as GLT they will need 3 717's so my guess is a possible 717 from Perth base to BNE (Not yet announced) and yes perhaps another Q400 to the west.
These 3 a day are the current Allianace F100 flights only which is what is meant to be replaced. |
They could easily put a 737-800 on a few BNE-MKY/ROK flights to replace the Alliancer F100s as 2 717s wont go very far. They could also reopen the BNE-HBA route and put a few on the BNE-CBR route both with the 717s. Hope they get more than 2, anyone got a date for there arrival to Aust?
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What about BNE-LST-MEL-LST-BNE. I doubt they would though
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Just my thoughts. I can certainly see all Q400 and Alliance F100 flights to MKY switching over to the 717. Mackay is fast becoming more of a business type port with the growth in the Bowen Basin.
Mackay Airport has recently been upgraded, and DJ are putting bigger aircraft on the BNE-MKY route, so MKY will more than likely be a 717 port for QF on the BNE sector. Maybe the BNE-ROK leg will be shared between Q400's and 717's?. It is a shorter hop to BNE than from MKY, and Rocky does not have the growth that Mackay, or Gladstone for that fact, is experiencing. I am in Mackay once every month for business, and the investment by large companies setting up in Mackay to cater for the Bowen Basin mines is just amazing. |
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In any case the 717 services will be extremely beneficial to all regions and parties involved. |
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