Qantas boosts international capacity, wet lease Finnair aircraft

[evanb]

Finnair A330s operated by Qantas. First route scheduled SYD-HNL from 30 March 2026:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1921800716013674557

 

[dairyfloss]

Finnair A330s operated by Qantas. First route scheduled SYD-HNL from 30 March 2026:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1921800716013674557

Noooooooooo!!! Actually HA will be in OW by then too, so can switch to them for proper J seats

 

[justinbrett]

Noooooooooo!!! Actually HA will be in OW by then too, so can switch to them for proper J seats

If it's the HA A330 seats then I beg to differ.

The 80s called, they want their business seats back!

 

[dairyfloss]

If it's the HA A330 seats then I beg to differ.

The 80s called, they want their business seats back!

Yeah, was thinking about the 787 hard product. They said last year amongst all the updates that they were planning to put them on AU routes, but nothing as yet that I can recall in terms of that firming up.

 

[justinbrett]

Yeah, was thinking about the 787 hard product. They said last year amongst all the updates that they were planning to put them on AU routes, but nothing as yet that I can recall in terms of that firming up.

I flew them AKL-HNL-LAS in December and it was the old A330 on both routes.

Better than economy for sure but not competitive for modern business class. I also thought their J catering was not competitive.

 

[moa999]

Finnair A330s operated by Qantas. First route scheduled SYD-HNL from 30 March 2026:

Isn't it now (or becoming in Sept 2025) a singular plane lease, after the other one was terminated recently.