This is probably well known here, but could the lighter models be upgraded to 338T MTOW? I’m not sure. Of those registrations only EBM required actual structural modifications, the others were all delivered capable. So I suspect it’s possible the others could have the increased MTOW. EBG and EBL. B...
Jump to postThough if some airline wanted quad engines on the plane today, I'm curious how the CFM-1A or PW-GTF 1100g will do. Is it fuel inefficient? Probably. Will it have better takeoff and climb performance? Fun thought experiment These modern fuel efficient engines should do wonders for cruise fuel burn b...
Jump to postIn July it was announced that 23 Qantas 737-800 aircraft were going to receive split-scimitar winglets beginning in December. Does anyone know if this has proceeded as scheduled, and if so which aircraft have been completed? I haven't seen any mention of QF having any scimitar equipped 738s as yet....
Jump to postNasty storm in SYD tonight causing issues with inbound traffic - flights were topping Flightradar24s top 10 most tracked! I counted at least three international diversions into MEL: ⋅ CX139 ⋅ EY454 ⋅ MH141 ... and at least one into BNE: ⋅ NH889 I'm hoping tha...
Jump to postGreat additions! Does 3K alright fly SIN-PER or was that pre Covid, and this is an upguage? Great to see the potential of 321LR being used. Wonder what is next for PER, international or domestic? Jetstar Asia (3K) has shrunk considerably post-COVID and does not fly to Perth. Even the services it do...
Jump to postThe QF-Finnair arrangement is quite different. They are leasing the aircraft for a longer period of time (6 years) of which most of it is not a wet lease. It starts as a wet lease and then transitions to a dry lease. Furthermore, the initial wet lease period is not a traditional wetlease since the ...
Jump to postWell I just got off my first economy flight on a refurbished QF A380 and I can only deplore the fact they didn’t change the seats. From the non-ergonomic design, tray table that doesn’t fold, tiny IFE without a route map. The penny pinchers really won out on this one, I’ll be sticking to the A330 a...
Jump to postThe oldest A330s are 20 yrs old, if they placed a new 787 order now, how soon would they receive them? It is possible that there are a few stray slots that could get you a few 789s within a couple of years but, realistically, an order for 12+ would probably see delivery over a 3-5 year timeframe at...
Jump to postThere used to be a website listing historical regos for departure/arrivals at SYD only. It lists flights from as early as 2006 (as that was the flight I was looking for). Unfortunately can't seen to find it right now. If I can discover that will let you guys know Michael You may be referring to 16r...
Jump to postA majority of those 11 Cathay Dragon A333s have been scrapped. No plans to bring back the remaining survivors, they are 25+ years old. CX was beginning to store some of them before Covid. Not sure if that is true. There may have been some A330s that wore the KA livery scrapped, however I don’t know...
Jump to postThis is interesting, one can almost picture down the road not a single Aussie to be seen working their flight. My last flight with Finnair I was fairly surprised to not see a Scandinavian working. https://www.9news.com.au/national/qantas-update-international-flights-pilot-association-outrage-jobs/6...
Jump to post[Good point actually - the 330s won’t be replaced overnight. Another 10yrs of flying Transcon left, at which point the 789 will start to be cheaper to pick it up! God takes me back - remember when QF had 743 dedicated to MEL-PER I think it was? Did they ever do a dedicated 743 with SYD also? Yes - ...
Jump to postIf SQ are keeping 12 a/c medium term, of the other a/c currently listed as in the fleet, which should we expect to follow for scrapping? There are 4 a/c listed as being in a previous / old config (SKF, SKK, SKL and SKP). SKF and SKP are in Singapore IIRC while SKK and SKL seem to still be stored at...
Jump to postAs per reports revealed, the aircraft will be in a 4 class layout i.e. F J W Y so likely to be ex SQ birds I reckon? 4F 48J 28W 184Y - total 264 seats only IMO if this is indeed true, it is way too premium heavy to meet AI's needs unless its a long term lease with cabin modification included. I hop...
Jump to postFor NW22/23 Singapore Airlines will operate the following SYD - 4 daily MEL - 4 daily PER - 4 daily BNE - 3 daily ADL - 1 daily CNS - 3 weekly DRW - 3 weekly https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-sqnw22 It's disappointing the of the 4 daily flights to MEL, 2 are using regional A359s which means continu...
Jump to postSQ281/282 SIN-AKL is loaded 4x weekly 77W in NW, wasn’t loaded at all. SQ285 currently loaded as an A380 daily and NZ daily 789. Interestingly, it looks like they are possibly planning an A359 on SQ281/282 (F inventory is blocked on those flights), and a B77W on the SQ285/286 (F inventory capped at...
Jump to postAs for the history of the aircraft. EBA-EBD, EBJ, EBK started life with Qantas. Then Jetstar then back to Qantas. EBE-EBF started with Jetstar, then Qantas EBG, EBL, EBM-EBV have only flown with Qantas. So the aircraft being used on this BNE-LAX flight have never flown with Jetstar and are later (2...
Jump to postIs this a fleet availability decision or does the long haul configured plane cater for a different market out of BNE vs the regional config? Not sure why some are long-haul whilst others are the regional fleet. The biggest issue currently with the mixed fleet is that Premium Economy is not availabl...
Jump to postThe MI seats will be removed and replaced with new VA seats prior to entering service. Have these ex-MI aircraft got BSI? I've never flown on an MI 737 but have plenty on the 319/320's which were pretty tired inside with horribly uncomfortable seats so good they are getting swapped out. The service...
Jump to postThanks for that, for some reason I thought the ‘international’ A332s still had their original economy seats. Is there a picture anywhere of the new economy interior? It is the same seat in Y as the previous domestic A330-200 config with the Panasonic eX2 inseat entertainment screen (EBM onwards). T...
Jump to postIt was actually EBH and EBI that became A330MRTTs for RAAF - EBH became A39-006 and EBI became A39-007. The poster above was correct in that the 36J 199Y config no longer exists as the last two aircraft that carried that, EBG and EBL, were reconfigured into the new domestic A330 configuration - 28J ...
Jump to postI think it was around momentarily. I swear I can recall reading a trip report on here c. 2007 covering LAX-TPE on the 77W where they gave out free models as part of the inaugural 77W, as well as seeing a few pics floating around on Flickr of the SQ 77W parked at the old TBIT. SQ uses the 77W on fli...
Jump to postAs the title says, SQ will restart flights to LAX via TPE from 25th August, serving 3 weekly onboard the long haul A350s. But due to Covid restrictions on transiting passengers, one can’t fly this route between Singapore and Los Angeles. It’s currently filed till 30th October 2021. This is the thir...
Jump to postQantas 787-9 VH-ZNA and VH-ZNG are currently headed to LAX, prior to storage at VCV. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHZNA https://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHZNG Yep and VH-ZNC will return to SYD from LAX in their place, over the coming weekend. Also heard that the last A380 not in either VC...
Jump to postWell while they discuss the rest of the fleet, first rebranded Silk Air 737NG is out of the paint shop. SQ is back in the narrowbody game. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhILvqqVgAAORs-?format=jpg&name=small https://twitter.com/indoflyer/status/1302116161451040773?s=20 Given the MAX debacle, it is...
Jump to postIts VH-VUO I don't think that's right -- there is a YouTube video posted by someone who got on it possibly within the last week and it's still the old non-BSI cabin. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vwGQDg2Vws&t=226s The last time VUO flew the route in the video was 1 Jan 20, the mods on th...
Jump to postFWIW VA has also retrofitted at least 1 of the older 737's with BSI interiors Which one? AFAIK anything VH-Y** was delivered with BSI. Anything VH-V** and VH-BZG are all non BSI aircraft. Its VH-VUO I don't think that's right -- there is a YouTube video posted by someone who got on it possibly with...
Jump to postben175 wrote:Any idea why the wifi-equipped 332s aren’t actually utilising the Internet?
Looks like both QF94 and QF36 have quite significant delays atm, leaving no A380 in MEL early enough to operate QF93 on time. Departure has been pushed back by an hour already to 10am, but with the first A380 now underway and only scheduled to land after 9:00am, I do not see this happening either. ...
Jump to postDLHAM wrote:And SQ22 on October 12 says canceled on FR24?!
Wonder what maintenance was conducted. With 3 332Ls now and 4 with EBR, EBG and EBL should be limited to Dom / NZ routes, where you really don't need the flat beds. EBS seems to be out of service in BNE (for a couple of days now), which may be why EBG and EBL have had to step in on the internationa...
Jump to postQF744ER wrote:-EBG is operating QF767 BNE-PER tonight presumably in her new domestic configuration.
That was a pretty quick conversion!
Thanks for that :) I have noticed -EBQ been very BNE focused with its flying recently...probably waiting for -EBV to exit the hanger. And here's a bit of goss...from yssyforum...an internal memo... -EBM/N will also end up in the A332L (27J/224Y) ...So -EBM/N/O/P/Q/R/S/V will be 27J/224Yconfig...Thi...
Jump to postIt looks like OKI will enter service on NZ107/NZ110 AKL-SYD-AKL this Saturday (07 July).
Seat maps in the GDS confirm this.
The config for the new A330-200L will be 27J 224Y (a loss of 15Y seats when operating in a long-haul configuration). It's already showing up in the GDS if you look up the seat maps for QF107/108 (SYD-PEK-SYD) in October 2018 on certain days.
Jump to post... It's way, way inferior to the 77W and A380 long haul product, so don't look forward to any announcement that the 787-10 might be AKL bound! ... I doubt the 787-10 will be bound for either AKL or CHC nonstop from SIN as SQ have almost never (except maybe the 777-300s for a while when they were s...
Jump to postAs far as I know the planes will have no trace of EK left in them as far as the passenger is concerned. The IFE in the 773s is pretty old though....surely the Emirates ones can't be older?! Actually the IFE in the CX 773s appear to be the Panasonic eX2 (or possibly eXK), which is definitely a gener...
Jump to postEach 772’s retirement will match the delivery of an ex Emirates 773A. The engines from the 772s will be removed and fitted to the Emirates ones, as the deal did not include the engines. They will of course be updated from Trent 872, to 884Bs like the ones on our current 773 fleet. Thanks for the gr...
Jump to postI'm trying to book a QF rewards ticket ex MEL to Singapore. I've given two options, Direct on JQ7 or via Sydney on QF5 on the 15th of Sep. While mucking around I tried PER to SIN. Interestingly an option came up via MEL on the direct QF35, the flight I'm after. Why can I book it ex PER and not MEL?...
Jump to postHi Ryanair! I've always enjoyed reading your trip reports and this was no exception! It reminded me very much of my SIN-KUL-SYD trip on MH J earlier this year - they were the same aircraft types - BSI 737 and refitted A330. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the food and the care I received from...
Jump to postIt was <acronym title="AMC Aviation (Egypt)">9V</acronym>-SYK that was returned to its lessor and flown to <acronym title="Victorville - Southern California Logistics (International) (George AFB) (VCV), USA - California">VCV</acronym> for storage. <acronym title="AMC Aviation (Egypt)">9V</acronym>-S...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/thai77w" class="quote" target="_blank">thai77w</a> (<a href="#100" class="quote">Reply 100</a>):<br/><i>What about EBL? I was under the impressi...
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Jump to postGiven they are actually meant to return two of the current internationally-configured A332s in 2015/6, it is quite possible that they had planned for some B787s to come in 2016/7 to replace them since we know that they don't quite have enough aircraft to run the international A330 flying once the re...
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