After the cessation of 743 non-stop services, 333s were used on SYD-BOM with a stop in Darwin on the outbound sector only (where customers could leave or join the flight). Short haul cabin crew began operating this flight after a short time due to a crew change being required in Darwin and the difficulty in positioning long haul cabin crew in Darwin efficiently.
In Jan/Feb 2008, the flight became non-stop once more with the arrival of 332s. Due to the outbound sector duty time exceeding 14 hours, short haul cabin crew could no longer operate the flight and it reverted to being operated by long haul cabin crew.
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