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Qantas set to announce BNE to San Fran and Chicago
If the JV with AA is signed off, news emerged today that Qantas intends to announce that they will start Brisbane to San Fran and Brisbane to chicago routes
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Another release, this one from Airline Ratings published yesterday, with a quote from Alan Joyce obtained at the recent IATA conference in Seoul and before the JV was approved. A few variations in the new routes that QANTAS/AA may commence.
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Last edited by James Smith; 4th June 2019 at 09:22 PM. |
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The JV has received tentative approval.
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Announcement at 1pm today .
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The QANTAS media release:
Summary: BNE - ORD 4 pw and BNE - SFO 3 pw both with 789s from late April, 2020. Last edited by James Smith; 17th June 2019 at 10:09 PM. |
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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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James it will come off of HKG as the 789 put on that run was always only temporary due to delay in getting the QF/AA JV approved.. 4 Aircraft to be based at BNE will do all these runs to LAX,ORD,SFO.
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Huh, Italy to San Francisco LOL. It’s confusing when the wrong airport codes are used.
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Sorry about that, Mark. Yes it is very confusing and I am usually very careful. I looked up all the overseas airport codes but just used BRI without a second thought. The incorrect codes have been amended.
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When BNE/SFO starts on 9 February on 247, MEL/SFO changes days to 1356 returning to MEL on 3571. MEL/LAX moves to 47, returning to MEL on 6 and (4). The 7 aircraft then goes into maintenance at LAX and while it could swap with QF15 or 55 from BNE a 789 will be there for over 2 days.
That means that MEL to SFO & LAX is Dx2 and the flights arrive back in MEL on Dx2. It leaves an aircraft short for QF9 to PER/LHR on 2. Some investigation in the "new" QF timetable area on the website, (you have to select each day to find the type operating the flight), I found that QF9 and QF 10 on a Tuesday, from 9 FEB20 will be a 332 MEL/PER/MEL with the 789 turning around in PER back to LHR. BNE/LAX goes from 10 pw to 13 pw from 2JAN20 to 8 FEB20 till SFO commences on 9 FEB when it reduces back to10 pw and then reduces to daily after BNE/ORD commences on 20APR20. That is 11 in total. |
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