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Old 17th June 2019, 02:23 PM
James Smith James Smith is offline
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My first reaction from reading the news release was where would QANTAS source the two additional 789s to operate these new services, knowing that SYD - SFO will take two aircraft and the third late 2019 delivery will be put onto MEL - HKG from 4 November, 2019. Looking further into the announcement it states that BNE - LAX will be daily, not 10 pw, so the 3 weekly QF55/56 aircraft will be redeployed to BNE - SFO.

Therefore, only one additional 789 is required which could be sourced from an early delivery of one of the 2020 aircraft, I don't know the expected delivery dates of the last three 789s due in 2020, or by the redeployment of an 789 from either of the HKG services from SYD or MEL. Is a year round A380 service to HKG a possibility or will the two daily services from SYD remain?

If there is a 789 delivery due in March/April, 2020 and it is used for ORD then there will only be two 789s for 744 replacement which will not be enough to operate to JNB and SCL, let alone HND as well. Apparently, QANTAS is looking to operate an A380 to HND if they can get approval from the airport, which could be very difficult operationally from what I've read.

Will further 789s be ordered and/or a couple of 744s kept in service into 2020 to operate one service and also achieve 50 years of continuous 744 service? That would be a monumental milestone for QANTAS.

Last edited by James Smith; 17th June 2019 at 10:10 PM.
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