Originally Posted by
sbiddle
How long it's for is going to depend entirely on what the exact reason is for the 787 flights - the two most obvious are increased capacity on WLG-AKL and the other is to give extra hours to 787 crews who have had downtime. There is another possibility which does also tie in with why PPQ was pulled so quickly - and that's a shortage of ATR crews.
And may help maintenance. Maintenance/life is based on hours & cycles (take off & departures). Air NZ B787 would be high on hours and low on cycles. Years ago QF had B747's on the SYD - PER route for a period of time, that got more cycles so balanced the hours/cycles ratio.
But there does seem to be an ATR problem.
Air NZ effectually subbing a B787 for an ATR?
Originally Posted by
nzkarit
I think CHC has some Swing Gates where the two departure areas meet.
CHC gate 29 (and others?) can be used for domestic & international arrivals/departures. Just a matter of which internal doors are opened/closed.
JQ often use gate 29 as the same aircraft does NZ domestic & Au flights.