Originally Posted by YOWgary

YVR-MEL is normally operated as a passenger route by a 789 with 298 seats, and the cheapest seat-sale fares were still well over $1,000 round-trip even in Economy.

So, no, it's not terribly likely that a one-off, one-way charter on that route costs anywhere near as little as $100K AUD / $94K CAD, and I'm willing to assume that the rest of that aircraft - one imagines one of the converted 773s - is full of cargo.

...bit surprised to see SimpleFlying publish this article with a picture of a 333 that can't operate that route. You expect that kind of thing from the Globe or CTV, but an av-specific blog?