Don't they have additional purchase right options split between the 787 and A350 families as well, which could potentially get them earlier in the delivery queue?
Purchase rights are even later in the queue.
Not quite up to QR standards though on that scoreQF also have a track record of saying a lot of things and either failing to deliver on time or at all
Happy Days!! At long last!!
Repositioning to LAX off for the time being, but test flight tomorrow still on.
Appears VH-OQC is about to position back to Sydney empty as QF6012.
Who wants to be that “guy” to present the business case to buy A380s to replace the two they unfortunately scrapped…? No one I suspect.
Nicking JQs 788s and giving back their A330s could work!
Although, I’d prefer the A330 when travelling down the back!
EY and QR made similar decisions at the time.
Thanks. I knew another airline did but couldn’t remember which one!
KE too I believe. A380/747-8 were originally slated for retirement around now as I believe they're betting on a 777X future. So there is a very uncompetitively product on the 380 for KE. I believe their F seats can barely compete with other airlines J seats. Although the 747-8 is a better setup. (I believe KE also has the last passenger 747 ever built too). That being said OZ (Asiana) side might be kept longer as those are a lot more updated. Interesting to see what the post merger airline does with their combined 12 a380 fleet.
The previous comments from various are more the observation with “20:20 Hindsight”, that scrapping just one may have averted some of the scheduling woes given that it’s taken ages to get back to just 10.
Can’t see the F cabins going anywhere. They’ll leave them in situ like the last 4 class 744s. A nice perk for WPs and above! At least the Skybeds are gone! The last 744s still had slippery, slopey SB Mk I. I enjoyed the old QF F seat (flying J) on SYD-JNB, EZE-SYD and SYD-HNL.
But plenty of other aircraft to pick up the slack. SQ probably similarly?
