Air India announces Australia non-stop
Sep 5, 2013, 5:28 am
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OTOH, 787 is the perfect bird to operate the route- good balance of J and Y capacity and efficiently covers the distance.
Given how AI has marketed the Australian routes, if the yeilds are favourable, MEL and SYD can be eventually served with individual flights
BTW, is it true that the domestic 787 flights are to cease once the 787's replace the 77L, leading to the grounding / phase-out of 77L?
Sep 5, 2013, 5:36 am
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787 domestic is just for flight deck rating purposes and will go away soon. 77L were a grand purchasing mistake by AI, if they could get rid of them they would have already.
Sep 5, 2013, 6:01 am
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another reason 787's are not doing bom-del is because most of the aircrafts on the route are routed elsewhere and in case 787 has to replace any other 321 on the route, it would mean that aircraft would also have to do either ixc,ixr,ixe,sxr,goi,ixb,bho,ccj,cjb etc,etc. for efficient utilisation of the replaced 321. all those routes i dont see being served by the 787, which is probably why they are not using them on bom-del.
the domestic flights will continue till majority of crew are released. by end of the year they should probably cease.
Sep 8, 2013, 9:23 pm
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This, from Times of India - so take the actual story with a massive pinch of salt, but the following made ruin my keyboard.
cue the Foreign Hand jokes...
"There may be more than what meets the eye. Gurpal has threatened to take class action to get our flights stopped. That smacks of a conspiracy to defame AI. Being the only airline that provides direct connectivity between India and Australia, AI has rattled all other airlines that have been the traditional carriers for this huge traffic," said an official.
Sep 8, 2013, 9:53 pm
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Sep 8, 2013, 11:05 pm
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Load maybe, but I think it's more to do with the fact that the 787 does not have crew bunks for cabin crew and at 12.5 hours of flying time it's a major issue for crew rest. That and I believe there is some payload penalty ex-Australia, but I don't believe that is true.
Sep 9, 2013, 2:20 am
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The 787 was initially supposed to cater to the routes served by the A310 and the IC A330s: mid haul in the 6-10 hr range. The ULH (12-14hr like India-US) was to be done by 77L and the former 747 traffic (heavy loads in the 8-12hr range) by the 77W. The cost of flying the 77L is so horrid that if you don't fill the flight with people willing to pay the premium of flying direct the entire concept collapses.
Sep 9, 2013, 4:51 am
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there are crew bunks on the 787 http://www.ausbt.com.au/photos-insid...crew-rest-loft
Sep 9, 2013, 6:36 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SpeedFreak
Load maybe, but I think it's more to do with the fact that the 787 does not have crew bunks for cabin crew and at 12.5 hours of flying time it's a major issue for crew rest. That and I believe there is some payload penalty ex-Australia, but I don't believe that is true.
But i thought the 787 was a long haul airliner...?? Interesting to know that there are no crew bunks on the 787...
Originally Posted by SpeedFreak
Load maybe, but I think it's more to do with the fact that the 787 does not have crew bunks for cabin crew and at 12.5 hours of flying time it's a major issue for crew rest. That and I believe there is some payload penalty ex-Australia, but I don't believe that is true.
But i thought the 787 was a long haul airliner...?? Interesting to know that there are no crew bunks on the 787...
Sep 25, 2013, 10:41 am
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AI SYD-DEL-LHR. Flying in business? AI will pay for your hotel on the O/N stopover
On my flight home SYD-DEL-LHR it leaves us with a 12 hour stopover in DEL. We are travelling in business class. I've been talking to a very helpful lady at AI over the past couple of months. Today I have received confirmation that AI are paying the cost of a night in the Eton airport hotel for those in business with this stopover. I have my email and voucher.
^ to AI for this.
^ to AI for this.