Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[AIRwin]

Here is the new paint job for OH-LTU (you can see the rego)

Nice finish/Finnish!

 

[PERLHR]

Now for more confusion..

Here is the new paint job for OH-LTU (you can see the rego)

Photo per Boten on airliners.net

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Believe it's intended this will be the dry lease SYD- HNL aircraft with other wet lease aircraft operating the existing SYD- SIN/ BKK.

Prefer it in Finnair colours...

 

[henrus]

Here is the new paint job for OH-LTU (you can see the rego)

According to planerspotters.net this will become VH-QPL so I assume that's a sticker over the top or it'll get a new VH one.

 

[moa999]

Indeed it's PL on the tail.

 

[PERLHR]

According to planerspotters.net this will become VH-QPL so I assume that's a sticker over the top or it'll get a new VH one.

Internally, I assume the AY excellent biz seats remain....and colour scheme inside remains as AY?

 

[moa999]

Internally, I assume the AY excellent biz seats remain....and colour scheme inside remains as AY?

Believe that's the intent for the dry lease aircraft. AY interior, QF pretty much everything else.

 

[henrus]

Internally, I assume the AY excellent biz seats remain....and colour scheme inside remains as AY?

Correct, nothing else of the aircraft will change so AY interior. Unlike the current AY flights it will have a QF crew (both flight deck and cabin) but as per the existing AY wet leases it will be a QF soft product onboard (meals, amenity kit, blankets etc).

 

[elanshin]

I believe this is slated to goto HNL and SIN

 

[moa999]

Posts elsewhere suggest OH-LTR will also be repainted to QF colours (it's just flown to the French paint shop in CHR that OH-LTU returned from), and QF will use two wet and two dry over the Dec/ Jan period, before dropping back to two dry only.

 

[Himeno]

Are the rumours about QF leasing (in some form) the entire AY A330 fleet still going around?

 

[Saab34]

Are the rumours about QF leasing (in some form) the entire AY A330 fleet still going around?

That would be around 4 aircraft left at Finnair.

Certianly seems like a good opportunity for AY to move on from the A330 fleet. I’d imagine QF will continue to dry lease these for as long as they can. They are good mid life aircraft.

 

[moa999]

Are the rumours about QF leasing (in some form) the entire AY A330 fleet still going around?

Haven't heard those.
AY operates the remaining fleet successfully on HEL to places like DOH, DEL and JFK.

It's just that with the Russia - Ukraine conflict they can't operate other routes they used to to more East Asian destinations.

 

[elanshin]

Haven't heard those.
AY operates the remaining fleet successfully on HEL to places like DOH, DEL and JFK.

It's just that with the Russia - Ukraine conflict they can't operate other routes they used to to more East Asian destinations.

The rumours were around that QF wanted all of AYs 330s earlier this year but not unexpected that AY aren't going to give them all up to QF.

 

[AuSammy]

The rumours were around that QF wanted all of AYs 330s earlier this year but not unexpected that AY aren't going to give them all up to QF.

serious question: were they genuine external rumours or just thought bubbles by members of AFF?