Qantas Project Sunrise goes ahead, 12 new A350-1000s ordered

[moa999]

Qantas only have A350-1000s on order.
Remember also that the Sunrise aircraft have a very low density configuration to hit the range requirements.

The remaining non-Sunrise aircraft are likely to be more dense
- likely more Y with reduced pitch
- probably no F, or maybe just one of those J+ Configs for the front row.

 

[evanb]

QF already has 787 ops. Also with the aircraft manufacturing crunch right now, getting both aircraft makes more sense and allows for faster delivery.

The 787-10 and a359 roughly both fits similar mission profiles for heavy asia trunk routes.

I tend to agree that the split fleet is as much about redundancy as it is with them having varying operational advantages.

But ultimately, having 26x B787s (plus 11x at JQ) and 24-36x A350s means having large enough fleets of both to maximise operational and technical efficiencies. Not much to be gained from having a single type with that scale on both. The sizes of these fleets are hardly an Ansett!

 

[evanb]

Qantas only have A350-1000s on order.
Remember also that the Sunrise aircraft have a very low density configuration to hit the range requirements.

The remaining non-Sunrise aircraft are likely to be more dense
- likely more Y with reduced pitch
- probably no F, or maybe just one of those J+ Configs for the front row.

From what I understand, the relatively large number of A350 options (not orders) allow specification for any sub-type. Same for additional B787 options.