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London-Singapore/Dubai-Sydney works, not a whole lot of other routes do It's notable that Qantas, which still operates the 747 as well as the A380 on its Austr
by tomhoward 9y ago
London-Singapore/Dubai-Sydney works, not a whole lot of other routes do
It's notable that Qantas, which still operates the 747 as well as the A380 on its Australia-London routes (with layovers in SE Asia or the Middle East) has just started using the Dreamliner to operate its first ever non-stop Australia-London flight, departing from Perth (Australia's Western-most major city) [1].
It's conceivable that over time, Qantas could retire all its 747s and A380s and fly all its London passengers from Perth on the Dreamliner, using its many 737s and A320s for connections to/from from the rest of Australia.
[1] https://dreamliner.qantas.com/article/qantas-to-fly-non-stop-perth-to-london https://dreamliner.qantas.com/article/qantas-to-fly-non-stop...
- mason55 9y agoIs there a possibility of improvements to the 787 that would get it from London to Sydney/Melbourne non-stop? Or is that route off the table until the next generation?
- ngoldbaum 9y agoThere's speculation that the 797 will be able to do this.
- selectodude 9y agoThey're getting close. Qantas is doing Perth to London on a 787-9 starting in March.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoAlso, are there aircraft capable doing Auckland-Istanbul? Emirates/Qatar is a good hub, but not ideal for me.
- fyfy18 9y agoThat’s 10,600nmi on a great circle route. Most current and upcoming long range aircraft are around 1000nmi short of that. (http://www.gcmap.com/ http://www.gcmap.com/ is a good site to find the distance of great circle routes)
- kiwijamo 9y agoI can't see either Air NZ or Turkish doing that. Air NZ already has a partnership with Singapore/Cathay so I'd imagine they'd continue to feed into SIN/HKG. Unless they form a partnership with Turkish which I also can't see happening even though they're both in Star Alliance. What's the downside of Qatar's hub? I'll be flying QR AKL-DOH-MAN then PRG-DOH-AKL this year so I'm interested to hear your experiences of QR via DOH.
- dzhiurgis 9y ago> What's the downside of Qatar's hub? No flights to Vilnius nor Riga. The best I can do is Warsaw/Copenhagen, then Palanga, which is sort of more convenient, but more expensive. Also, I haven't been to Istanbul, but it must be way more interesting than Doha :)