Qantas to do six return flights to Vancouver in January
 

Qantas has announced six return services to Vancouver in January for peak season hopefully this flight dose well and comes all year round


Source:http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-to-fl...n=home-flipper

Great news for Qantas :D Nice that they are trying a new route and moving in a positive direction

They should never have stopped flying there. I have flown there several times (I'm in Vancouver as I write this) via Qantas through LA and the connecting flights to Vancouver with various carriers have always had significant numbers of Australians onboard.

Nice long slip for the operating crew!

QF75 Sydney 1450 – Vancouver 0945 Wednesdays, Saturdays
QF76 Vancouver 2345 – Sydney 1000+2 Thursdays, Sundays.

That's about minimum for a real long haul op, Alex! Probably timed so the same crew take the aircraft back. You can afford to sit aircraft around when they're fully depreciated!

I'm guessing the first flight back and the last flight up will be near empty, unless there's some canny marketing to Canadians.

I noticed that there are extra flights from Melbourne to LAX ( QF 101 and 100) for the same period . I am guessing the plane may go Sydney - Vancouver- LAX - Melbourne and then return .

Brett, having a look at slot allocations the QF100/101 originate in LAX

G'day Yusef, do I understand you correctly? Are you saying that the crew that fly up on Weds fly back on Thurs night? I would have thought a crew would need more than about 38 hours rest?

Equally that's got to be the longest down time of any operating aircraft in the world (absolutely no evidence to base that on...but surely). Would have thought they may have been able to chuck a coast to coast return in just for the sake of it...of course that means more crews and costs etc. If they can make LAX - NYC why not similar in Canada.

Nonetheless, was very surprised to read this and very happy also. Should book a trip to Vancouver just for the sake of it. Well done QANTAS.

Cheers

M

Mark, QF along with VA both do that in LAX, CZ are similar in MEL.

LAX-NYC is every day for forever. YVR is getting 6 services...

CAO 48.1 provides crew time limitations as well as crew rest requirements. The longest rest period that can be legally required for a crew of 3 or more is 18 hours, applying where the previous tour of duty exceeds 18 hours. Where the previous tour of duty is under 18 hours and beds or bunks are provided the minimum rest is 12 hours. So yes, the scheduling for this service allows each crew to operate out and back with their aircraft.