Virgin Australia to lease more 737s

[twinaisle]

Restricted to 120mins at normal cruising speed (450kts true airspeed) or 400nm whichever is less.

In this case it’s a 400nm restriction from land which may not necessarily be an airport. So crossings over the bight at even our most southern route is ok to cross.

My understanding is that some of the MAXs are going to VARA without life rafts to save on weight (176kg). Seems crazy that they then can’t deploy them on international routes out of Perth on the weekend.

Look at VARA with all of the new toys

 

[antycbr]

My understanding is that some of the MAXs are going to VARA without life rafts to save on weight (176kg). Seems crazy that they then can’t deploy them on international routes out of Perth on the weekend.

Last time I checked VA don’t operate anything internationally out of Perth. The most likely destination - DPS - is fully allocated so no additional capacity available. They did do HKT in the past.

 

[AviatorInsight]

Last time I checked VA don’t operate anything internationally out of Perth. The most likely destination - DPS - is fully allocated so no additional capacity available. They did do HKT in the past.

Thanks. Well aware of that. It’s the opportunity costs that would be lost with using a MAX on domestic only ops where the MAX now could reach more of Asia that perhaps may not have been reached with an NG previously. Removing the rafts for me just doesn’t make sense.

 

[HS-TQE]

With Transusa reported in another thread as moving towards a "full service" model on short international services including PER-DPS, it's once against starting to get "crowded" in the Value-Carrier space on PER-DPS with Batik Air Indonesia being the other "full/value carrier" on the route.

VA's only two points of difference had they not 'dropped the ball' on their last set of bilats to enter PER-DPS was simply being an 'Australian based' carrier and a (then stronger) FF program, but with the recent/upcoming changes to Velocity it would've decreased the value of the FF program in the short term.

 

[HS-TQE]

Thanks. Well aware of that. It’s the opportunity costs that would be lost with using a MAX on domestic only ops where the MAX now could reach more of Asia that perhaps may not have been reached with an NG previously. Removing the rafts for me just doesn’t make sense.

Fitted the whole 2nd batch of the 6x -8s with rafts would've made some sense had they used the -8s on Coco/Christmas Island services but forward schedules shows the -800s replacing the A320s.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Thanks. Well aware of that. It’s the opportunity costs that would be lost with using a MAX on domestic only ops where the MAX now could reach more of Asia that perhaps may not have been reached with an NG previously. Removing the rafts for me just doesn’t make sense.

I imagine they're happy enough with CNS, DRW, ADL and HBA for weekend runs

 

[Saab34]

They could operate daily from Perth to Singapore and Bali (if they didn’t screw up the past application) with the MAX.

 

[markis10]

They could operate daily from Perth to Singapore and Bali (if they didn’t screw up the past application) with the MAX.

No available capacity to Bali