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Post by FabienA380 on May 5, 2014 4:28:12 GMT 1
Thanks Jkkw!! Actually the link that you posted on Etihad Airways A380s' thread ( link) mentions that the route to LHR will become double daily as MSN170-EY2 is delivered in 2015-Q1. Then, 3 more to be delivered in 2015 (MSN176-EY3 MSN180-EY4 and MSN191-EY5) will help ETH to serve the routes to JFK and SYD, but I think this won't be daily flights to both of these cities, ETH might need actually 4 to serve both daily.
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Post by FabienA380 on May 5, 2014 4:34:42 GMT 1
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Post by philidor on May 6, 2014 9:52:02 GMT 1
Is there anyone on the forum with knowledge about how airlines actually calculate the need? On EY's current timetable, the aircraft operating the routes to MEL, SYD and JFK all are back home at AUH within less than 36 hours. The timetable would actually allow a combined use of just three aircraft for the route to MEL or SYD AND one of its two daily services to JFK, with ground times in AUH of at least about 2,5 hours. I looked up on fr24 how EK's A380s are used. Some of them are continously in Service for at least ten days without staying at DXB for more than just a few hours. But I suppose that once every while each aircraft has to stay "home" a little bit longer. How often and for how long would that be? [/quote] I am not particularly knowledgeable, but I think there are a minimum (technical) turnaround time, and other factors. On long haul, for instance, you have to take into account impossible (the airport is closed) or unsuitable (awkward for passengers) departure times/times of arrival. The schedule is therefore determined on a case by case basis. Some routes are challenging because any frame serving them has to be sitting for hours at destination. Sometimes, an airline even uses a long haul asset on a short haul route in the meantime rather leave it on the ground ; such "abuse" of aircraft is frequent in Asia. There is therefore no simple ratio you can use to determine how many aircraft you need for a given route. You must go into the details, and you often achieve best results by complex comprehensive fleet management. Of course, you also must take into account scheduled maintenance and unscheduled downtime ...
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Post by FabienA380 on May 21, 2014 16:31:40 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Jun 3, 2014 13:01:54 GMT 1
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Post by AOIspotter on Jun 3, 2014 13:18:19 GMT 1
So India will be the next whalejets battleground, as many operators fight to catch as many passengers as they can... Nice!
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philidor
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Post by philidor on Jun 3, 2014 21:09:38 GMT 1
Yet, foreign carriers are subject to yearly pax number restrictions ... Upgauging to the whalejet does not increase their overall business.
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Post by FabienA380 on Aug 14, 2014 10:50:58 GMT 1
airlineroute.net/2014/08/14/ey-lhr-mar15/As planned MSN170-EY2 will serve second daily A380 service to LHR in 2015-Q1, nice to have a date set now. MSN170 should then probably be delivered second half of February-2015
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Post by XWB on Aug 27, 2014 15:14:42 GMT 1
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Post by Jkkw on Aug 27, 2014 15:23:11 GMT 1
NOOO! not the night flight, makes spotting really hard. At least I sometimes see that flight fly over my house in the summer before the sun has set . Makes sense though, the other EY flight (operated by an A346) is non daily and arrives in the morning before being parked all day and departing in the afternoon. Also, for the time that it [EY's A380] is in Sydney, I believe the only other A380 there is an Emirates A380 from Auckland (then another one from DXB later in the night) so there will definitely be a place to park the aircraft.
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