Removal of A330's from Perth domestic

[hakkinen5]

Hi,

Just last week under the Qantas DSC promotion, i booked some MEL to PER return flights for May/June. There were plenty of A330 options daily and I specifically booked this aircraft type. Now that they have my money, my flights have been changed to 737's. In fact it's not just my specific flights - all flights from MEL to PER on this day, and surrounding days are now all 737's. Also checked Sydney to Perth - those A330 flights have also been removed. I understand that aircraft types are not guaranteed, and that last minute swaps can occur, but this seems to be a deliberate decision to remove all A330s' from Perth domestic runs. I think it's a bit dishonest launching a major promotion with those a/c types listed, then immediately after the promotion ends, to remove all the A330 flights. For reference, my flights were late May through mid June. Has anything been announced about this?

 

[oz_mark]

I haven't heard anything specific, but wouldn't be surprised if they were moving capacity around at the moment.

 

[Dmac59]

Hi,

Just last week under the Qantas DSC promotion, i booked some MEL to PER return flights for May/June. There were plenty of A330 options daily and I specifically booked this aircraft type. Now that they have my money, my flights have been changed to 737's. In fact it's not just my specific flights - all flights from MEL to PER on this day, and surrounding days are now all 737's. Also checked Sydney to Perth - those A330 flights have also been removed. I understand that aircraft types are not guaranteed, and that last minute swaps can occur, but this seems to be a deliberate decision to remove all A330s' from Perth domestic runs. I think it's a bit dishonest launching a major promotion with those a/c types listed, then immediately after the promotion ends, to remove all the A330 flights. For reference, my flights were late May through mid June. Has anything been announced about this?

This is nothing new @hakkinen5
I have had numerous domestic bookings where the A332 has been subbed for a B737, and others on this forum will have similar experiences.

 

[moa999]

Qantas have been subbing 330s for 737s on PER flights for a while based on demand, and rising fuel prices will impact Dom bookings more in coming months given elasticity.

And as more 321XLRs arrive, and the 332s get refurbed we were always going to see less 330s on domestic services.

 

[markis10]

Poor old QF cannot keep the punters happy, first it’s oh no, an old coughpy unreliable A330, now it’s narrow body narrow madness