Good idea, a good plane.odoherty said:Why not A330?
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With the cost of fuel, the 787 and A350 make much more attractive options. Qantas tend to buy their aircraft new (except for a few specific cases of fleet supplements) and keep them for many years. The 767's are a classic example of that policy.odoherty said:Why not A330?
ROFLMAO. I am sure you do this on purpose.NM said:...cabin floor is not string enough for Skybeds....
OK, lay off me for a while. I am not travelling at 100% today. I think you know exactly what I meant, even if my spell checker did not. Just in case you didn't know what I meant, I have fixed it in my post.JohnK said:ROFLMAO. I am sure you do this on purpose.NM said:...cabin floor is not string enough for Skybeds....
How stringy does the cabin floor need to be for skybeds :?:
I knew what you meant.NM said:OK, lay off me for a while. I am not travelling at 100% today. I think you know exactly what I meant, even if my spell checker did not. Just in case you didn't know what I meant, I have fixed it in my post.
odoherty said:Why not A330?
A330 and A350 are about the same size. The A350 can be considered a next generation A330 with more efficient engines and more use of composites and other material and product improvements introduced for the A380 development.oz_mark said:odoherty said:Why not A330?
Isn't the A330 just a tad bigger than the models they are looking at?
NM said:With the cost of fuel, the 787 and A350 make much more attractive options. Qantas tend to buy their aircraft new (except for a few specific cases of fleet supplements) and keep them for many years. The 767's are a classic example of that policy.
Also note they are not overly happy with the way their current A330's fit into the fleet. The -300's are doing ok on international routes, but the -200 has two major issues:
So they have these longer range A330-200s in the fleet and they can can't use the range and struggle to use them effectively on domestic ops. Since there are only 4 of them, I could see them going to JQ or AO for regional international routes that do not require skybeds. But that can't happen until there is a suitable short-haul twin aisle replacement. And I expect the 787 is going to fill that role since the A350 will likely bring similar issues for the domestic routes.
- cabin floor is not strong enough for Skybeds, so can only operate domestic routes without a very large capital investment to strengthen the floor
- turnaround time is not good for domestic services
Thank you very much. You are insinuating that I point out all spelling/typing mistakes. :roll: Wrong stereotype. :? I only ever point out some of the ones by NM when I am ROFLMAO.Yada Yada said:What about the 767? Are Boing still making them? (Note to JohnK - that was an intentional typo!)
JohnK said:Thank you very much. You are insinuating that I point out all spelling/typing mistakes. :roll: Wrong stereotype. :? I only ever point out some of the ones by NM when I am ROFLMAO.
I suppose I deserved that character assassination. :shock:
The Boeing 767 assembly line is still open. Not many currently in the pipeline. The 767-400 was not a very popular aircraft, partly due to turn-around issues introduced by the longer cabin.Yada Yada said:What about the 767? Are Boing still making them? (Note to JohnK - that was an intentional typo!) I assume the later series 767 models would be very fuel efficient and suit what QF wants to do.
JohnK said:The poll proved to be correct. :? 57% went with Boeing 787.
Maybe the Qantas board used this poll result to assist in making it's final decision. :shock: :roll: