Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
The cost to bring a new aircraft type into the fleet, with all training, unions, maintenance & regulatory approval is very large and at takes time. Its not going like to Avis/Hertz to rent a car for a few weeks.
No one said they would only lease them for a few weeks. If QF had leased a few 777s (6-10), they would have had them for 7-10 years as a bridge between drawing down the 767/747 fleet and building up the 787/A380 fleet.