Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
There has been a lot of 737 flying on what were previously 717 routes, such as Sydney-Hobart.
It's not really being replaced by A220s. Not yet at least. I flew the 717 a lot, and more often then not now I'm on an Embraer 190. Sometimes a Dash 8.
Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
The 717s have been replaced by Embraers and others in WA and elsewhere.
It is very disappointing and yet another example of Qantas' actions not matching its rhetoric. A big announcement was made that A220s would replace 717s on busy busy pairings like Sydney-Canberra but the reality is that the service on those routes has been downgraded to almost exclusively Dash-8s with one daily 737 service on week days. It's a further example of why the lack of domestic competition needs to be met with better consumer regulation.
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MKS11
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Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
dm12
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The 717s that flew in WA are now a whole heap of a320s and F100’s
Becky1
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The lease agreement with Alliance Airlines for the E190 aircraft is a possibility.
Ryan K
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Originally Posted by MKS11
Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
Dredgy
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It's not really being replaced by A220s. Not yet at least. I flew the 717 a lot, and more often then not now I'm on an Embraer 190. Sometimes a Dash 8.
patrickk
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Originally Posted by MKS11
Can someone please explain to me, at a time of apparent capacity issues, that 4 x A220 (so far, with next one not due until December) covers the retirement of 20 x B717s at QF???
greg959
greg959
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It is very disappointing and yet another example of Qantas' actions not matching its rhetoric. A big announcement was made that A220s would replace 717s on busy busy pairings like Sydney-Canberra but the reality is that the service on those routes has been downgraded to almost exclusively Dash-8s with one daily 737 service on week days. It's a further example of why the lack of domestic competition needs to be met with better consumer regulation.