Blair M
22nd February 2010, 09:54 PM
Perhaps a dumb question, but why does QF ferry heavy aircraft between MEL and BNE to SYD after or before a long haul?
e.g. A380 MEL-SYD and B744 BNE-SYD-BNE
Esp since some days, one ferries up whilst another ferries to BNE/MEL to take up the flying line.
With SYD being the hub, how uncommon would it be for the 744/380 to not visit SYD? Surely it would be easier to do a tail swap on a revenue service and get the plane inbound to SYD rather than ferry? Big $$ in fuel alone to ferry big planes like that empty.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
e.g. A380 MEL-SYD and B744 BNE-SYD-BNE
Esp since some days, one ferries up whilst another ferries to BNE/MEL to take up the flying line.
With SYD being the hub, how uncommon would it be for the 744/380 to not visit SYD? Surely it would be easier to do a tail swap on a revenue service and get the plane inbound to SYD rather than ferry? Big $$ in fuel alone to ferry big planes like that empty.
Perhaps I'm missing something.