load factors on VA flights to HKG are apparently awful, even thought trying to give away some seats.
(CX seems to be in similar boat)
VA is trying to coordinate flights into HKG with VS flights to UK.
Regardless, 1/2 empty A330s can not continue forever.
VA has a problem in that it doesn't have daily flight BNE/LAX & MEL/LAX only SYD/LAX (the the daily codeshares with DL)
Look at QF BNE/LAX going from 10/week to daily. Unfortunately, VA haven't got a smaller aircraft that could do BNE/LAX nonstop, BUT they do have A330s that do currently do HKG & perhaps frequency here needs to be reduced.
Maybe VA could go ex BNE & MEL via somewhere with an A330 a few times a week ?
If VA can't do daily BNE & MEL/LAX nonstops, next best thing would be a quick stop somewhere with an A330.
NAN would be obvious choice, but Fijians might give them a hard time re NAN/LAX, but they do have flights SYD/NAN & MEL/NAN that could connect with a VA A330 NAN/LAX.
Fijians probably wouldn't let them pick up any pax in NAN, but surely Fijians would allow pax ex OZ or USA a stopover in NAN ?
VA would need to tweak some 737 timings NAN/BNE & NAN/MEL, although perhaps the A330s could do LAX/BNE & LAX/MEL on days no nonstop flights ?
(CX seems to be in similar boat)
VA is trying to coordinate flights into HKG with VS flights to UK.
Regardless, 1/2 empty A330s can not continue forever.
VA has a problem in that it doesn't have daily flight BNE/LAX & MEL/LAX only SYD/LAX (the the daily codeshares with DL)
Look at QF BNE/LAX going from 10/week to daily. Unfortunately, VA haven't got a smaller aircraft that could do BNE/LAX nonstop, BUT they do have A330s that do currently do HKG & perhaps frequency here needs to be reduced.
Maybe VA could go ex BNE & MEL via somewhere with an A330 a few times a week ?
If VA can't do daily BNE & MEL/LAX nonstops, next best thing would be a quick stop somewhere with an A330.
NAN would be obvious choice, but Fijians might give them a hard time re NAN/LAX, but they do have flights SYD/NAN & MEL/NAN that could connect with a VA A330 NAN/LAX.
Fijians probably wouldn't let them pick up any pax in NAN, but surely Fijians would allow pax ex OZ or USA a stopover in NAN ?
VA would need to tweak some 737 timings NAN/BNE & NAN/MEL, although perhaps the A330s could do LAX/BNE & LAX/MEL on days no nonstop flights ?