QantasLink Airbus A220 Discussion

[Daver6]

Think you will find the crewing situation does not allow for twin doors, basically the crew are too busy doing other duties, maybe @twinaisle can confirm. QF had issues with the turnaround time on these birds when they first arrived.

I can't see how that would be applicable on arrival. Cabin crew are just standing around waiting for pax to disembark.

Edit: Actually recently arriving into SYD on QF6 that also only used a single door (door 2).

 

[twinaisle]

Single door disembark/board would most likely be due to minimal ground staff available to dock the bridge.

 

[Captain Halliday]

I don't quite understand why the QF A330s tend to use only a single door instead of two. See this all the time and the airbridges has capacity for double door usage. Baffling really.

The answer is always bottom line.

I wonder if airports charge more for the second airbridge?

 

[markis10]

wonder if airports charge more for the second airbridge?

Easily checked in their published aeronautical charges, and the answer is no, they do give a discount if you get a hard stand arrival and have to bus it in.

 

[Vic]

Given a choice between 4A and 4F which would you go for? Or are they much of a muchness?

Haven't used either. On observation, maybe 4A is slightly better due to the 2-3 configuration. IIRC 4A should have decent underseat stroage space. not sure about the overhead config., but you're not going to have the life raft about 4A.

 

[bPeteb]

Crimson Rosella had an aircon failure on the way from BNE to ADL yesterday.

We were on the return flight back to the Brisbane. I asked one of the engineers who was standing on the aerobridge when we boarded (nearly two hours late) what the problem had been. He said that it was a computer issue that required a system restart. It was the captain who told us it was an aircon unit failure and that the length of delay was actually caused by the paperwork that had to be completed.

Anyone had similar issue on an A220? Such a nice plane to fly on and it'll be sad if it proves problematic.

 

[AIRwin]

Crimson Rosella had an aircon failure on the way from BNE to ADL yesterday.

Same aircraft:

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Post in thread 'Qantas Delays/Cancellations'

Thursday at 8:59 PM

And now it has been put back to 1845! This is going way beyond the pale...I am going to get my pound of flesh for this.

...and the predictable finale: QF1257 has been cancelled (engineers decided that the a/c has done a few too many heavy landings). So I am now on QF615 tomorrow morning and having a night in a quite nice hotel in central Brisbane (they offered me a Y seat in a very late flight tonight but I graciously declined). I must say that I have more hassles today than in all my decades of air travel combined!

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