@QantasAirways Joyce warns MPs of accelerated cost cutting

[marki]

Maybe instead of a cafe breakfast it'll be changed to BYO breakfast.

There will be BYO a lot of things including your pre-purchased seatbelt and safety video that will become mandatory before each flight.

A special case for Qantas will be recognition for all WP1 to fly at least 5000SC.

 

[Alanslegal]

Just sell half a dozen A380's to JQ and that would be a handy cheque for $2b

 

[docjames]

I can't help but be struck that again the "solution" is to cut costs.

1. Is this really the solution? It's the same "solution" that hasn't worked for years.
2. Why weren't these cuts already made if they are so critical to the success of Qantas?

 

[Must...Fly!]

Could be some truth in there with other posters suggesting Manilla, Jakarta and Noumea all being eliminated from the QFi network, could also be Honolulu, Shanghai, Tokyo and a number of (all of?) NZ destinations added to list of these ports being completely Jetstarized.

I don't think this will be anywhere enough to save QFi but as you say - those extra B787s and A320s have got to go somewhere......

NZ cannot be reduced due to the terms of the ACCC agreement about the EK TT tie up

 

[brett-au]

Uh, here is a simple cost cutting exercise. How about instead of the plane sitting in LAX all day, it actually flies home 2-3 hours after it gets there. Yes, yes, business travelers are very important and can't possibly fly out before 10pm, but I'm sure the other half of the plane really doesn't care.

 

[maninblack]

You can bet one cost that won't be cut is CL access for MP's

 

[drron]

Better utilisation certainly should be considered.The 2 SYD-LAX flights leave within 3 hours of each other.Then sit around all day along with the MEL and BNE planes.
Back to SYD they leave 1.20 hours apart.Couldn't they be staggered so at least those 2 planes did a quick turnaround.One would still be at current timing for anyone who prefers the current times.I certainly would prefer an early start from LAX.Looking at QF108 it leaves~midnight and arrives 0940.So how about it leaves at 1100 to arrive at 2040.That would be great I suspect for a lot of pax.

 

[peterk]

After five years of arguably appalling mismanagement.I am sure it's not about cost cutting any more
Chief executive Alan Joyce put the blame for the loss squarely on his main domestic competitor
Virgin, and its foreign-government-owned backers
This isn’t about a level playing field, as Qantas claims
It is about the quality of its management, and the deep levels of harm it has inflicted on the carrier.

 

[Hvr]

Better utilisation certainly should be considered.The 2 SYD-LAX flights leave within 3 hours of each other.Then sit around all day along with the MEL and BNE planes.
Back to SYD they leave 1.20 hours apart.Couldn't they be staggered so at least those 2 planes did a quick turnaround.One would still be at current timing for anyone who prefers the current times.I certainly would prefer an early start from LAX.Looking at QF108 it leaves~midnight and arrives 0940.So how about it leaves at 1100 to arrive at 2040.That would be great I suspect for a lot of pax.

What would be the quickest they could turn around and land in SYD?

A quick turn around to MEL could be done but then pax would need to be put onto flights elsewhere. So if they landed at MEL at say 0430 then there could be connections to SYD/BNE/ADL/PER. Maybe an early evening departure from LAX?

 

[Quickstatus]

What would be the quickest they could turn around and land in SYD?

A quick turn around to MEL could be done but then pax would need to be put onto flights elsewhere. So if they landed at MEL at say 0430 then there could be connections to SYD/BNE/ADL/PER. Maybe an early evening departure from LAX?

The problem with a midday departure from LAX is that it will not carry many pax connecting from other parts of the US. And due to the SYD curfew a departure later than midday or 1300 would be problematic in event of delays such as that experienced by EK flights which arrive just before midnight. QF did have an midday flight LAX-SYD some years ago but this was one of first to be cut.

I do think an arrival into MEL or BNE early say from 0400 and SYD arrival as close to 0600 is preferable. Arrival into SYD of the A380 at 0830 is crazy as SYD airport is chockers then. The QF A380 experience is soured by the chaos at SYD airport. QF please try to get your QF12 to arrive earlier. At least the Australian airports should give QF intercontinentals priority slots to arrive into SYD as close to 0600 .

 

[maninblack]

I'm not so sure how much of QF's current plight is mismanagement and how much is the inevitable fate of a dinosaur. Joyce inherited the fleet decisions, the lumbering overheads and cost structures, the bad relationships with other OW partners, and the totally Sydney-centric focus which means that 70% of Australians get a bad service and are generally happy to jump ship. What incentive is there for someone in Melbourne to be a loyal QF customer?

Not sure what costs he looks to cut but I assume he means jobs and marginal routes. Possibly F class and associated infrastructure as well. And I really think its time they got rid of the guy with the ponytail too!

 

[VHOEJ]

Better utilisation certainly should be considered.The 2 SYD-LAX flights leave within 3 hours of each other.Then sit around all day along with the MEL and BNE planes.
Back to SYD they leave 1.20 hours apart.Couldn't they be staggered so at least those 2 planes did a quick turnaround.One would still be at current timing for anyone who prefers the current times.I certainly would prefer an early start from LAX.Looking at QF108 it leaves~midnight and arrives 0940.So how about it leaves at 1100 to arrive at 2040.That would be great I suspect for a lot of pax.

That is great for point to point - but not for connections. No one can connect in SYD on arrival, and minimal flights connect to the flight leaving LAX. Yes it is perfect for most people going between SYD and LAX only. VA even tried the later arrval into LAX and realised that it didn't work because it barely connected.

Plus if you are running slightly late out of LAX, you have big risks missing curfew.

Connections are too vital sadly - if there was a third service out of SYD, it would work.