I believe its the Zodiac products that have cause the issues, with the A350 I believe its the lavatories. 2 BA 787-9's had to be pulled off the production line due to the lack of seats. They why they have been delivered out of sequence.
That's what I've heard as well. Airbus is probably regretting making Zodiac the sole supplier of the lavatories.
They're a bit behind if they were only delivering MSN50's lavs in mid-June.
There were choice-r quotes, one along the line of "one would expect the toilet doors to close properly but they don't". And apparently some birds had missing seats
There were choice-r quotes, one along the line of "one would expect the toilet doors to close properly but they don't". And apparently some birds had missing seats
I remember the toilet quote - it was from an Airbus event a few weeks ago. IIRC the missing seats are some J seats from CX - four, if my memory serves me right.
Unless other flights to MEL are upgauged I don't see how the A350 can regularly serve during peak seasons. Can't remember the last time I saw an empty seat in Y.
Unless SQ decides to make SQ247/248 permanent x3 weekly, TZ typically goes daily during the peak period too. Remember that this year QF has already added an extra x3 weekly ontop of its existing daily flight and EK has also upgauged it's flight to the A380 so that's extra capacity to be filled.
Unless SQ decides to make SQ247/248 permanent x3 weekly, TZ typically goes daily during the peak period too. Remember that this year QF has already added an extra x3 weekly ontop of its existing daily flight and EK has also upgauged it's flight to the A380 so that's extra capacity to be filled.
I cannot find SQ247/248 into/out of MEL. Is is an additional seasonal Christmas flight? I cannot see it yet around this New Year. Last year I could not find any SQ J seats out of Melbourne for the 10 days around Christmas so there are plenty of people around to fill additional capacity.
I cannot find SQ247/248 into/out of MEL. Is is an additional seasonal Christmas flight? I cannot see it yet around this New Year. Last year I could not find any SQ J seats out of Melbourne for the 10 days around Christmas so there are plenty of people around to fill additional capacity.
Yes, it was a seasonal flight and it basically ran at the same times as SQ217/8 with an A330, but right around the busiest days either side of Xmas they stopped it.
There were literally no tickets in J or Y out of MEL for a good fortnight when I tried booking early October last year. My brother managed to get his family booked by buying codeshared VA tickets which I think cost him a mint. I ended up flying to BNE on a separate VA booking, stayed a couple of days in BNE and then flew out of there- excellent prices and choice of days and the price differential more than covered the cost of my domestic flight and three nights in a hotel.
Any flight they throw at MEL in peak season will fill. I don't get why we keep getting neglected so much.
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