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

[moa999]

Nice interview with Lars Wagner, CEO Airbus Commercial Aircraft, and a bit of VH at the end.

 

[mjt57]

Is this flight going to be 22 hours of darkness?

That'll do wonders for people's circadian rhythms, eh?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

That'll do wonders for people's circadian rhythms, eh?

Whatever happens on the current long range flights of 17 hours or so will likely happen in the a350.

I doubt people are going to start factoring in circadian rhythms for the extra couple of hours.

 

[Melburnian1]

Nice interview with Lars Wagner, CEO Airbus Commercial Aircraft.

The Airbus gent said the aircraft would be 'enjoyable for passengers' as it had been 'redesigned'.

Not if one was in an 81.28cm rear whY seat!

 

[transpactraveller]

Interesting he didn't really answer the question about whether Airbus would make a profit on all the work that's gone in to designing these 12 aircraft for Qantas if no other airline is interested in buying any.

 

[elanshin]

Interesting he didn't really answer the question about whether Airbus would make a profit on all the work that's gone in to designing these 12 aircraft for Qantas if no other airline is interested in buying any.

I suspect - probably not if QF is the only customer. But theres more to consider than the ULR. How much of QF ordering the ULR influenced project fysh to order more a350. Or upcoming future orders for a350 etc.

There's always more than a simple answer with a such a loaded question that needs a highly nuanced answer.

And yes there are definitely other airlines that could consider the 350K ULR. SQ for example could sub it for their 359 ULR on SIN - JFK/EWR for better deployment capacity. Even Emirates/QR could conceivably consider it for some of their longest routes as well although these things all need to be properly number crunched to see if it's better than heavy payload restrictions on existing frames.

 

[chitown_boy]

Interesting he didn't really answer the question about whether Airbus would make a profit on all the work that's gone in to designing these 12 aircraft for Qantas if no other airline is interested in buying any.

Exclusive: Turkish Airlines Targets Nonstop Istanbul-Sydney With Airbus A350-1000s In 2027

While the carrier has its ultra-long-haul sights set, it is also mulling an expansion in the US.

simpleflying.com

 

[justinbrett]

That'll do wonders for people's circadian rhythms, eh?

Airbus has been boasting about their new lighting systems that will help with jet lag, so I’m pretty sure this has been considered.

 

[piec]

Interesting he didn't really answer the question about whether Airbus would make a profit on all the work that's gone in to designing these 12 aircraft for Qantas if no other airline is interested in buying any.

He did say they've implemented learnings from this project into the regular A350s.