Originally Posted by
strawdan
My question is this one - I notice that some routes involve the aircraft being parked at the destination for what seems like a long time when it could be earning revenue. Examples include LHR-JNB - the outbound arrives into JNB at 06.55 yet doesn't return until 20.25 that evening - this seems like a long time (13.5 hours) to be sat not earning any revenue and means that effectively the aircraft is doing 22 hours flying but spends 35.5 hours servicing the route.
I've never really understood the JNB case. With the flight arriving 7am, a turnaround and 10am departure would give an 8pm arrival back in LHR and then a departure somewhere else.
It isn't a disaster for a knackered old 747 but to have a brand new 380 sat there all day can't be ideal.