First Qantas A380 In Service By October

[D Chan]

Originally Posted by Brenden S

New livery looks not to bad on the new bus.

looks great on the 744 also - but it looks perfect on the a380 though.

The new livery I think is catching on and people are getting used to it (certainly I am) - I'm starting to love it.

The old kangaroo design / shape needs replacing - the more I see it next to the new kangaroo the more I think the old roo is an outdated design.

[Luke Chittock]

Howdy all

QF due to announce A380 schedules and arrival details this week.

Expect the first 380 to be loitering around the skies of Australia for the first month or so for crew training/promotional flights before it starts commercial ops to LAX.

Regards

Luke/PER

[Montague S]

Luke et al, rumour has it that she'll be gracing our skies too on some route proving flights?!

[Chris Tully]

Monty, you can expect the 380 will visit Perth as part of proving/training flights that will occur around the country.

There will be plenty of opportunities for QF Group staff at least to travel on this aeroplane as part of the trials.

Guys, Does anyone know if they might be doing a charity flight for their first flight or something like that??

[Andrew M]

No doubt they will announce flights etc when I am overseas with no internet access on Friday

[Nick W.]

on a more serious and (hopefully) civil note, what's the go with A380 sims at QF right now? Last I heard they had 1 fixed base sim at Mascot, but will there be any more, perhaps in MEL or BNE? I don't know anything about the topic, so would be good to find out a bit more!

N

[D Chan]

Originally Posted by Nick W.

what's the go with A380 sims at QF right now? Last I heard they had 1 fixed base sim at Mascot, but will there be any more, perhaps in MEL or BNE? I don't know anything about the topic, so would be good to find out a bit more!

N

well there might be more room at Mascot if they take the 743 sim out (after the real classics are retired) - it's right next door to the a380 sim as well so you have the newest and the oldest sort of side by side, and either way at the early stage of A380 operations they won't have that many of those A380s to operate, so the pool of pilot won't be that big? (I'm sure it will grow) They've had plenty of time to prepare as well with the 18 month delays as well so I'd assume they would have ample time for sim sessions overseas

[Max C]

Originally Posted by D Chan

well there might be more room at Mascot if they take the 743 sim out (after the real classics are retired) - it's right next door to the a380 sim as well so you have the newest and the oldest sort of side by side, and either way at the early stage of A380 operations they won't have that many of those A380s to operate, so the pool of pilot won't be that big? (I'm sure it will grow) They've had plenty of time to prepare as well with the 18 month delays as well so I'd assume they would have ample time for sim sessions overseas

The 743 sim is due to be removed late this year, and another Dash 8 sim (-300) is due in its place. The A380 is currently housed next to a Dash8-100 sim, which is also due to leave late this year/early next year. As to what is going in that spot, I'm not sure. There's also room for a 787 sim

[Luke Chittock]

Howdy all

R class now showing in the availablity inventory for selected routes...

Regards

Luke/PER