Low Passenger Loads from Doha to Thailand destinations
Nov 14, 2017, 9:02 am
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Nov 14, 2017, 1:53 pm
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Actually, there's a ton of detailed data made available by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. It's mostly domestic; but I think that there's some international mixed in, too.
But I'm not sure how it helps us with the yield/load factor conundrum for Doha Jakarta (etc)
Nov 14, 2017, 2:09 pm
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I travelled 2 flights last week.
1. HKG to DOH (788) - J and Y Full
2. DOH to IST (77W) - J (1/4 occupied) Y (less than 50 pax)
On the flight to Istanbul, it has been shown using 333 for a long time, but 2 weeks before departure got changed to 77w. Unless the return flight was full, really don't understand why they swap to a bigger plane, given the fact the load cannot even fill a A320
1. HKG to DOH (788) - J and Y Full
2. DOH to IST (77W) - J (1/4 occupied) Y (less than 50 pax)
On the flight to Istanbul, it has been shown using 333 for a long time, but 2 weeks before departure got changed to 77w. Unless the return flight was full, really don't understand why they swap to a bigger plane, given the fact the load cannot even fill a A320
Nov 14, 2017, 3:19 pm
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Actually I thought the seat size and comfort on the LATAM/QATAM 359 was excellent. However, I prefer the QR 359 as the seats there afford more privacy and you don't have to sit next to a stranger. Service was obviously no different.
Nov 23, 2017, 11:42 pm
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I travelled 2 flights last week.
1. HKG to DOH (788) - J and Y Full
2. DOH to IST (77W) - J (1/4 occupied) Y (less than 50 pax)
On the flight to Istanbul, it has been shown using 333 for a long time, but 2 weeks before departure got changed to 77w. Unless the return flight was full, really don't understand why they swap to a bigger plane, given the fact the load cannot even fill a A320
1. HKG to DOH (788) - J and Y Full
2. DOH to IST (77W) - J (1/4 occupied) Y (less than 50 pax)
On the flight to Istanbul, it has been shown using 333 for a long time, but 2 weeks before departure got changed to 77w. Unless the return flight was full, really don't understand why they swap to a bigger plane, given the fact the load cannot even fill a A320
Nov 24, 2017, 4:32 pm
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On 11/21 7:55 pm flight was fuller. Some got the 4 seat middle to themself while I had to share with another guy on the other aisle. On the outbound we mia connected so rode the 777 and my wife and I each got the poor mans business class. We each did on the a350 from PHL both ways.
Nov 24, 2017, 6:29 pm
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QR835 HAN to BKK yesterday and Y had a reasonable load but wasn't full, maybe about 50% full. But what I found most interesting was that 90% of the Y cabin got out at BKK, on the check lists to permit passengers to disembark at the end of the jetbridge I could see 171 passengers were due to disembark at BKK.
Nov 24, 2017, 8:03 pm
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Cargo... Turkey, along with Iran, are 2 of the largest suppliers of food into Qatar at the moment. SAW flights are also being upgraded to WB as well freighters to both SAW and IST along with SYZ and IKA as well which are seeing widebdy passenger aircrafts too more often than in the past.
Nov 25, 2017, 1:51 am
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Dec 5, 2017, 9:42 pm
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