QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Rowan McKeever]

Qantas has applied to the IASC for an allocation of capacity on the Vanuatu route in order to launch services to Port Vila from August 2024 at 5x weekly using a combination of B737 and E190. A Jetstar service is also planned from October 2024 at 4x weekly with A321neo. The application doesn't mention which Australian port(s) these services will operate at.

https://www.iasc.gov.au/sites/defaul...sc-vanuatu.pdf

[Greg Hyde]

NXL was deleted from the VH-Reg on 24/05/2024

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by MarkR

EFR is up for sale https://www.myairtrade.com/available/B767, interesting along with A320 VQG they are the only 2

VQG has been flying PER-DPS-PER sectors for the past week straight. Out of interest, why would they sell this one rather than send it to Network like the other Classics?

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Lauren J

VQG has been flying PER-DPS-PER sectors for the past week straight. Out of interest, why would they sell this one rather than send it to Network like the other Classics?

Network/Qlink don't need anymore A320's, that why they are picking up the A319's. Brand commonality from a maintenance perspective and a smaller a/c (F70vsF100) for less pax. Hopefully better bangs for you buck.

Also, they need shorter field landing capabilities for some of the mining sites.

[Brenden S]

They fly a JQ A320 PER-DPS-PER for a week or so before swapping it out.