azncsa4qf744er From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 671 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 months 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 11661 times:
I flew out of LAX a few days ago notice three parked Air Tahiti Nui A340-300 parked over at Imperial Terminal. One of the plane's engine is covered. Anybody know why, the one with the engine covered has been parked for a while now.
vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8210 posts, RR: 28 Reply 8, posted (3 months 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 7798 times:
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Quoting azncsa4qf744er (Thread starter): I flew out of LAX a few days ago notice three parked Air Tahiti Nui A340-300 parked over at Imperial Terminal.
In my recent experience, there are always Tahiti Nui A340s parked over there. Sometimes 1, sometimes 2. Can't say I've seen 3 of them at one time, but.....
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JAGflyer From Canada, joined Aug 2004, 3321 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 months 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 7437 times:
Why did they cut JFK? You'd think they would be able to fill the planes several times weekly with tourists/vacation passengers. NZ does very well flying to the Cook Islands strictly because it's a high-end vacation destination!!
Supported the beer and soda can industry, recycle old airplanes!
mercure1 From French Polynesia, joined Jul 2008, 604 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (3 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 7038 times:
JFK turned out to be a terrible mistake for TN.
Company reported loads merely 30-40% at most times. Even peak periods did not break 60%.
As company discovered, New York is very far away and 12-hour flight very expensive to operate.
They tried for almost 4-years to make it work with various promotions but all it did was create terrible loss, the worst of any company line in history. When they end in 2009 they said it was generating a €5.87m loss in previous year.
Keeping US focus on LAX is best. Most South Pacific demand has natural and historic traffic link to California, not deep America like NY.
QANTAS747-438 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1801 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (3 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 6998 times:
Quoting AF Cabin Crew (Reply 3): Yes they have "only" 5 but a study showed they only need 3.5 planes to do all their work... So they are trying to offload 1 plane from the fleet...
Wow, I had no idea.
Quoting mercure1 (Reply 4): Cutting lines to JFK, KIX, and SYD a few years ago has left TN with too many planes.
Quoting mercure1 (Reply 6): TN schedule has been trimmed. For current schedule 3 frames sufficient.
I also didn't know KIX and SYD were cut. With most routes only operating twice a week, I can see how only 3 planes are needed. Sad.
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Polot From United States of America, joined Jul 2011, 1497 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (3 months 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 6998 times:
Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 9): Why did they cut JFK? You'd think they would be able to fill the planes several times weekly with tourists/vacation passengers. NZ does very well flying to the Cook Islands strictly because it's a high-end vacation destination!!
The Cook Islands are also about 4-5 hours away from New Zealand (and usually operated with an A320). Not ~12 hours away on a 300 seat jet. That is way too far/expensive for most Americans with limited vacation time when there are other choices much closer.
PHX787 From Japan, joined Mar 2012, 4959 posts, RR: 14 Reply 15, posted (3 months 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 6531 times:
Let's not forget that one of the routes TN flies is a continuation from one route. Also, some routing are like NRT-PPT-AKL (after a layover in PPT and flight number change)
Quoting KC135TopBoom (Reply 7): Quoting mercure1 (Reply 6):
If anyone wants a A340 please send proposal.
Let me find out how many beer cans can be made from an A-343 first, then I'll think about it.
If i had the money, i'd buy it, re-engine it, certify it, and use it as my own private jet.
mercure1 From French Polynesia, joined Jul 2008, 604 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (3 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 6209 times:
Quoting koruman (Reply 13): Is there a reason why TN doesn't try PPT-HNL and PPT-SFO.?
SFO has been tried many times - UTA, Minerve, Corsair. Seems unsuccessful in favor of mega LAX demand.
Hawaii - well HA seems to be stuck at single frequency here for 10+ years now. I dont think there is much traffic to warrant also TN A340. FP government even talked about Aloha here with 737 many years ago but nothing happen.
Quoting B777A340Fan (Reply 14): Why not add other flights? I can see SIN, PEK, SFO being strong contenders.
Dont think Singapore.
But China eventually but market is still baby.
Tahiti opened tourism office in Shanghai couple years ago. There was talk of offering charter flights maybe but nothing happen. Also remember China is very far from French Polynesia is almost 11,000km, PEK almost 12,000km. Flights of 13hr in duration.
But now not time to open expensive/risky new lines. Company barely stay alive, and need to reduce loss on exisiting smaller network in face of reduced demand.
ZK-NBT From New Zealand, joined Oct 2000, 5020 posts, RR: 12 Reply 17, posted (3 months 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 6023 times:
Quoting Polot (Reply 12): The Cook Islands are also about 4-5 hours away from New Zealand (and usually operated with an A320). Not ~12 hours away on a 300 seat jet.
NZ still flies a weekly RAR-LAX non stop with a 763.
Quoting Polot (Reply 12): NZ does very well flying to the Cook Islands strictly because it's a high-end vacation destination!!
I'm not convinced that it does very well. The goverment make up the losses with subsides. But it is the cooks only direct US link by air atleast.
na From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9611 posts, RR: 10 Reply 20, posted (3 months 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3605 times:
Quoting QANTAS747-438 (Reply 18): Would TN have benefited from getting 777s vs A340s?
A half empty 777 is as bad as a half empty A340, so a definite no. Its not the plane type, its the schedule and route structure. Tahiti and its neighbour islands are expensive places to spend a holiday and therefore dont attract huge crowds.
Darksnowynight From United States of America, joined Jan 2012, 979 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (3 months 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 3542 times:
Quoting vikkyvik (Reply 8):
In my recent experience, there are always Tahiti Nui A340s parked over there. Sometimes 1, sometimes 2. Can't say I've seen 3 of them at one time, but.....
I think 4 is the most I've ever seen there, with one at the gate, one at Imperial & two at Remote West.
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jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7345 posts, RR: 7 Reply 24, posted (3 months 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3502 times:
Quoting QANTAS747-438 (Reply 18): Would TN have benefited from getting 777s vs A340s
They probably got cheap financing from Airbus or the French Gocernment since they are a French Territory.
25 dcajet: They should get in contact with AR! On a related note, AR just renewed the lease of A340-312 LV-CEK with AWAS.
26 trex8: And they probably didn't want to deal with etops issues.
27 azncsa4qf744er: Flew out again today and still saw one A340 parked by Qantas Freight terminal with its engine covered. Any info on this particular bird?
28 Darksnowynight: Not a lot of detailed info, but I know the engines are always covered if they're going to be on the ground more than a day or so. My guess is that it
29 TC957: Could a service to ICN not work for TN ? Maybe twice-weekly like NRT. Good point about trying to see if airlines with grounded 787's might need extra
30 LAXintl: I'm not sure what additional info you would like? As others mentioned TN has been parking spare capacity for periods at LAX now for many months. If yo
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