Qantas Project Sunrise & A350-1000ULR Discussion

[dajop]

Actually, it’s supposed to say it’s double the typical longhaul crew size.

That’s a pretty significant overhead for ULR ops!

I guess though it takes 2 crews to get from Sydney to London, just that only 1 crew is on duty at a time - not 2. The other crew being in a hotel in Singapore.

 

[SYD]

I guess though it takes 2 crews to get from Sydney to London, just that only 1 crew is on duty at a time - not 2. The other crew being in a hotel in Singapore.

But there’ll be another 2x crew in a hotel for PS!

Maybe even 4x if they get a longer layover time?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

Actually, it’s supposed to say it’s double the typical longhaul crew size.

That’s a pretty significant overhead for ULR ops!

Maybe QF will start adding a surcharge for flights on public holidays.

 

[SYD]

Maybe QF will start adding a surcharge for flights on public holidays.

Don’t give them ideas. Domestic routes could easily justify that!

 

[milehighclub]

If you arrived a Monday, you'd leave Thursday. That means 2 crew already having rest, one arriving crew and one departing crew each day for a total of 3 sets of crew overnighting at any one time. That would increase if the rest was more than 3 nights.

 

[exceladdict]

Maybe QF will start adding a surcharge for flights on public holidays.

theyre not already priced according to holiday traffic?

 

[esseeeayeenn]

theyre not already priced according to holiday traffic?

As I remarked in another thread, J fares from PER-CDG are consistently priced above $10K regardless of date of travel.
There doesn't seem to be much if any seasonal fluctuation any more.
This is leaving sales aside, as those discounts depend more on date of purchase than on date of travel.