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Virgin (XR) ATR operating Moranbah
G'day all
Just noticed on flightaware FVX operated a short series of flights between MOV and BNE late last week (2 southbound and 1 northbound). Would this have been part of a charter operation that Skywest would normally handle itself or a separate charter for Virgin? Is it something we're likely to see more of in the future. Thanks a lot! Rowan |
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I am lead to believe it was a route proving flight...
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They are charters while they had a spare ATR. They start rotating through TSV/CNS/ROK from this week so all capacity occupied again for a while.
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Cheers guys... I liked the idea it might have been route proving but would've preferred to see them take E190s in. Ain't gonna beat a Q400 with ATR72!
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Quote:
Wanna bet? |
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Honestly I've not been on an ATR72-500 ever, let alone Virgin's. Just can't imagine I'd want to do it on a flight to MOV when the Q400 is so much faster! Is it any cheaper to run over that distance?
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Depending on the flight time the ATR wins and the time is just over an hour, I am led to believe.
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According to QF schedules it's 1:50 for Q400 and 2:10 for Q300 - ATR would be similar to Q300. I'd believe the ATR is cheaper to run on face value but is it cheaper by enough to make up for the 20 min time difference?
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Im with James, proving flight
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Let us put it this way. The ATR72 burns about as much fuel to fly BNE-EMD [2hrs] (8-900kg) as the B777 uses to taxi from T5 in LAX to Runway 25R!
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