Qantas to do six return flights to Vancouver in January

[Brad Myer]

Qantas have applied for year round 3x weekly services:

http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-mulls...couver-flights

http://www.iasc.gov.au/applications/files/4920.pdf

[Rowan McKeever]

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.

[Alex Ch]

That's about minimum for a real long haul op, Alex!

My understanding Yusef is that the outbound Wed crew will ops the Sun return and the Sat outbound ops the Thurs return hence my comment about the long slip.

[Brett o]

Does anyone know if the plane will stay in Vancouver for the 36 hours ?

[Rowan McKeever]

Aircraft and crew will remain in YVR until the next scheduled return (i.e. the next night).

[Ollie Menkens]

Qantas is looking to go to Vancouver all year around

source:http://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-mulls...n=home-flipper

the application form is here

Source:http://www.iasc.gov.au/applications/files/4920.pdf

happy read

[Kent Broadhead]

What's the betting that it will become a JQ route when they have their full 787 complement? 787 seems much more the right plane for the route than 744.

[Max C]

Doubt it, the 11 JQ 787's are a one-for-one swap with the A330's. Future Qantas Group 787's could still end up anywhere, if they turn up at all.

I wouldn't be betting on JQ international doing too much expansion in the future.

[JamesL]

It would be severely weight restricted when leaving YVR during the summer period similar to the B777s operating at the moment.

[Brad Myer]

The QF B744ERs scheduled to operate the flights will have no restrictions.