QF 581/582 Using 747 Aircraft

[Jason H]

They sure know how to schedule their ERs

[Adam.S]

Is it confirmed that the last scheduled day of 747 ops on the QF581/582 flights is: Friday May 4th 2012?
Resulting in no 747 equipment on the SYD-PER route?

Cheers

[Malcolm Parker]

Yes thats correct. Is becomes A333/A332/B763/B738 mixed equipment. See change in equipment for first week

QF 581 X26 SYD 3 PER 2 1010 1305 0 06MAY12 11MAY12 333 4:55
QF 581 5 SYD 3 PER 2 1010 1305 0 06APR12 04MAY12 744 4:55
QF 581 6 SYD 3 PER 2 1010 1305 0 05MAY12 05MAY12 763 4:55

QF 582 X26 PER 2 SYD 3 1435 2050 0 06MAY12 14MAY12 333 4:15 QF 582 6 PER 2 SYD 3 1435 2050 0 12MAY12 26MAY12 73H 4:15
QF 582 6 PER 2 SYD 3 1435 2050 0 05MAY12 05MAY12 763 4:15

[Adam.S]

^
Thankyou for the confirmation.
That would then leave QF8 as Qantas' only domestic 744 flight in Australia.

...for those of us who can't afford the experience of international travel

Cheers

[Jim M]

Forgive me if I've missed something,but with recent announcements from QF,does anyone know when the 744s are going to re-commence on the SYD- PER route,and will it be back on the 581/582 service,or something else?
I know A333 QPB operated today,so i am assuming it has not just continued on,but I may be wrong.
I'd be grateful for any info

Cheers
Jim

[Todd Hendry]

Supposedly it will be twice daily to Perth on the 74.
No idea of the flight numbers.
Todd.

[Jim M]

Thanks Todd.Twice daily will be stepping it up a bit from what it was.
Should be good .

Cheers mate
Jim

[Rowan McKeever]

Hi Jim. From the way I read their announcement (could be wrong of course!) the domestic network changes are effective 4 June. I, for one, certainly hope they do it twice daily... not because I ever fly SYD-PER but because it's ridiculous to have a dedicated domestic 747 that only does 2 sectors a day.

[Jim M]

Cheers Rowan,couldn't agree with you more.If they start twice daily,they may need more than one 747
Will be interesting to see whether they have a second dedicated aircraft (like OJD) or just rotate different aircraft through these sectors

Jim

[Adam.S]

I've made dummy bookings on the QF website for return flights between Sydney and Perth, from the middle of May through to the middle of November 2012 and there has been no reference of 747 aircraft being used on this route.

Perhaps its just a case of the website having not yet been updated with the equipment changes?