Qantas boss to outline big international shake-up

[Joe Frampton]

Originally Posted by Jason H

Just for those in London who are interested, after almost 41 years, Qantas' last 747 service will depart at 2230 local on Saturday 24 March as QF30 to Hong Kong.

What is Qantas doing with their LHR slots? Are they selling them or keeping them?

[Neil Hogbin]

Think the QF slots at Heathrow are "On Loan" to BA until they decide if and when they may need them in the future. G-CIVD is the first 747 back on the BA15/16 rotation.

[Steve J H]

Hope this is in the right place.. now Qantas has changed QF23 & 24 to A330-200's instead of 747 as touted

[Jim M]

I think it was discussed somewhere,but QF23/24 rotation is changing to A330 equipment from June,I think it is. I could be wrong,or something could have changed.

Cheers
Jim

[Ash W]

Correct Jim, BKK is still 747's even though it is now QF23/24. The A330's start on 10th June.

[Steve J H]

thanks.. why the smaller aircraft.. is the demand not there ???

[Rowan McKeever]

BKK no longer has QF's own connecting traffic through to LHR, only with BA. And probably safe to assume most of that connecting traffic will have moved across to the 'super-hub' at SIN?

[Ash W]

If you think about it, a good portion of the people flying on the old QF1/2 would have been going through to/from London, not stopping in Bangkok, with only a portion having Bangkok as their final destination. Guess Qantas worked out that an A330 size a/c is the right size to do Bangkok as a standalone destination. So maybe no reduction in demand for Bangkok, but clearly other pax are now on the A380 services via Singapore.

Would be interesting to see if anyone has the load figures for the flight to see just how many are flying on QF23/24.

[Scott L.]

Is there any reason why QF favors SIN over BKK with the stopover A380 service to London?

[Laurent Sanhard]

more connections onwards to Europe , from Australia , Jetstar , Jetstar Asia feeding traffic through Singapore ??