First Qantas A220 revealed

[RooFlyer]

My only experience with an A220, a situation I hope never to repeat!!

 

[RichardMEL]

Re the 29 A220's v 12 717's so the huge number of extra airframes compared to current. This is a good thing imo.

It means things like increase in frequencies on a number of routes and with the extra capacity potentially some pressure on pricing (stop laughing at me ). Also opening up MORE opportunities.

I'm thinking QF could really do more in a place like OOL where VA coughs all over them in mainline service. At times QF has/had scheduled 717's on routes like MEL-OOL vs 1x or 2x 737, and they had at on point this year I think 3x/4x 717 during the day. I can definitely see this being a thing. Add in ADL-OOL (I know the E190 was doing it and it got dropped, but perhaps it could return?), CBR can see a lot more service with frequency - to OOL/BNE/ADL/SYD (and more reliable on SYD), even some options like CBR-CNS or TSV. NTL is probably another place that coudl see some service improvements.

Other places would probably be Tassie - LST/HBA again SYD/MEL but also BNE, CBR, ADL could potentially work.

I'd also imagine regional WA and QLD will see improvements - places like MKY/ROK/GLT and BME/KGI come to mind.

A plus for regions too will be getting rid of the all-Y 717's to a more consistent (lol) product offering - not to mention the situations where aircraft swaps due to tech issues see a J cabin potentially coming and going on some routes.

It really will be interesting to see over the next 5+ years as to where the mix of 220 and 190's go - both replacing current 717 routes but also expenaidng service.

 

[RooFlyer]

Other places would probably be Tassie - LST/HBA again

For a minute there I thought you were meaning HBA to LST & vv . I recall doing HBA-LST a couple of times in a B707 or a B727, en-route to Melbourne.

 

[oz_mark]

It really will be interesting to see over the next 5+ years as to where the mix of 220 and 190's go - both replacing current 717 routes but also expenaidng service.

Expanding service into what are now 737 services.....

 

[Jacques Vert]

No complaints from me; nothing particularly special about the 737.

 

[Rosege]

Oh wow - which route and date? People want to know the details!

Sorry late reply.
I just went back to check what it was
It was A330-200 not A220.

 

[jakeseven7]

Sorry late reply.
I just went back to check what it was
It was A330-200 not A220.

Damn

 

[Flying Fox]

I wonder why QF didn't aline all the rows and then place 1A as a throne seat to make 11 J seats (if space is an issue).

 

[pauly7]

Some videos of the first flight.

Looks pretty incredible:

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[RooFlyer]

I have to use my imagination -its behind an account. On the other hand, I guess I should look back at the first post.

Looks pretty incredible!

 

[Silvia]

I would be more than happy to fly an A220 than some of the dinosaur 737 that Qantas has as part of their fleet

 

[jakeseven7]

Some videos of the first flight.

Looks pretty incredible:

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Nice, even in cold Canadian (?) spring light looks good. The ‘green’ roo really looks pretty special.

But apart from the livery even the airframe looks sleek and slung back - like a predator. I’ve not flown an A220 yet so looking forward to seeing this zipping around in a couple of months.

(PS the rabid found the thread, again )

 

[pauly7]

Nice, even in cold Canadian (?) spring light looks good. The ‘green’ roo really looks pretty special.

Yes it says Canada in the text on one of the videos. Not particularly sunny day to shoot a video…

(PS the rabid found the thread, again )

Oh I blocked them after the ‘event’ so I wouldn’t know

 

[jakeseven7]

Found some stills of the first flight, videos on the reels above are nicer though!

 

[MooTime]

Guess there's not much else at QF to get excited about lately.

They do say a lick of paint hides other problems.

 

[RooFlyer]

They do say a lick of paint hides other problems.

Like apparently not knowing what the registration of their aircraft is?

According to data from Flightradar24 the Airbus A220 operated under its test registration of C-FPGP and not the Australian tail number of VH-X4A, as mistakenly stated on the Qantas X post.

Up for another spin right now.

 

[cpatters]

Wonder when they will release images of the seats?

 

[RooFlyer]

More of the current test flight. Towards the end they did a pass right along the runway:



Top speed of 545 knots (1010 km/h) at c 21:07. Possibly a TOGA test at 22:15. 325 feet at lowest point.

 

[justinbrett]

Like apparently not knowing what the registration of their aircraft is?

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Up for another spin right now.

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Did it occur to you it could be dual registered which is SOP for these kind of flights? The Canadian registration is only temporary.

Nothing inconsistent in the tweet about that. Most people want to know what the actual Aussie registration is - the one that's painted on the aircraft.

 

[RichardMEL]

Guess there's not much else at QF to get excited about lately.

They do say a lick of paint hides other problems.

Dying to make a crossover gag about Fawlty Towers' Mr "Lick of Paint" O'Reily and Mr Joyce... but I shall contain myself (sort of)

but seriously the A220 is a net positive for QF imo and a really good fleet decision I think. Not only to replace the ageing and ever more unreliable (sadly) 717's but to offer far more options fo the carrier. It actually should fix some problems but hardly all of them of course).

I'm really excited for the A220 era at QF tbh.