Why PHL Change to 777?
Jul 4, 2019, 10:34 am
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Why PHL Change to 777?
I have flown the route PHL-DOH several times and always had the 350-9, a great seat in J. It is now a 777. Why was this changed? Does the 777 hold more and the extra seats were needed?
Jul 4, 2019, 11:12 am
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TonyBurr maybe, just maybe, QR are going to start retrofitting Q-suites to the A359 fleet!
If so they appear to have learnt a lesson from the B777 retrofits and are reducing 359 routes and giving themselves a larger reserve so that the problems of aircraft swaps that they are still having with the B777 fleet can be lssended.
If so they appear to have learnt a lesson from the B777 retrofits and are reducing 359 routes and giving themselves a larger reserve so that the problems of aircraft swaps that they are still having with the B777 fleet can be lssended.
Jul 4, 2019, 11:49 am
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TonyBurr maybe, just maybe, QR are going to start retrofitting Q-suites to the A359 fleet!
If so they appear to have learnt a lesson from the B777 retrofits and are reducing 359 routes and giving themselves a larger reserve so that the problems of aircraft swaps that they are still having with the B777 fleet can be lssended.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I see that as one of the least likely explanations possible. (BTW, the same thing has happened to BOS, the route I fly most frequently, -- switched from 359 to 77W.) There are so many possible reasons for equipment changes that I wouldn't even know where to begin.
The big pictures of route planning and equipment assignment is extremely complicated, -- there are so many factors which are included in the calculus, both long term (e.g., change in predicted passenger or freight traffic) and short term (e.g., aircraft taken out of service for mechanical reasons, necessitating a shuffling of available equipment).
The big pictures of route planning and equipment assignment is extremely complicated, -- there are so many factors which are included in the calculus, both long term (e.g., change in predicted passenger or freight traffic) and short term (e.g., aircraft taken out of service for mechanical reasons, necessitating a shuffling of available equipment).
Jul 6, 2019, 7:30 pm
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Jul 10, 2019, 2:28 am
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I noticed that when I flew the route a couple of weeks ago also - a 777 with the old style 2-2-2 J seats at that. Wasn't a bad flight mind as the cabin was half empty.