The Australian Qantas prefers Airbus over Boeing to advance the development of flights sálong s in the world with his Sunrise Project.
It becomes officialó, yes the aerosolínea manages to move forward with the project and overcome all the limitations thatún remain to be solved, to useá the airplanes Airbus A350-1000 about the Boeing 777X that do not even make their first flight toún and despite the fact that the first flights of the project were carried out with Boeing 787.
Thinking about the immediate nature of the project given the market need for these flights, Qantas se decantó by Airbus to work on modified versions of the Airbus A350-1000 for the Sunrise Project that seeks to have the m flightsálong flights in the world with final destination Australia.
Despite the close relationshipón histórich between Qantas and Boeing, the airípreselection lineó the Airbus A350 as an avión preferred, despite the fact thatúNo official order has been placed with Airbus, for which the aerosolínea hasún a my más to do it.
I decided itóA final decision on the official launch of the project will be madeá in march 2020.
selectóaircraft number
Afterés of an evaluationóDetailed view of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350, Qantas has selected the A350-1000 as the aircraftón preferred if continuedúwith ProjectSunrise. It's avión uses the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engine, that have an sópoor reliability record afterés to be in service with the aerolíneas during más from two toños.
Airbus addá an additional fuel tank and increaseá slightly the weight máTakeoff speed to deliver the performance required for Sunrise routes.
No orders have been placed, but Qantas worká in close collaborationón with Airbus to prepare the téterms of the contract up to 12 planes before the decisionón end of the Qantas Board.
You approveóregulatory
The úlast of three research flightsón de Project Sunrise (Nueva York a Sydney) come trueán the 17 from December. Once completed, qantas tenderá almost 60 hours of studies and thousands of data on the well-being of the crew.ón and the passengers.
Data for the crewónot be usedán as part of final discussions with the Aviation Safety Authorityón Civil to approve an extensionón to the lícurrent operational goals required for these ultra-long distance services. Based on informationódetailed information already provided by Qantas about its management systemón risk of fatigue, CASA has provisionally warned that it sees no obstaclesáregulatory asses for Sunrise flights.
Negotiationón with the Pilots
Negotiations with representatives of Qantas pilots, QUOTE, continúan. The discussions aim to close the úLast remaining gap in Project Sunrise case.
Qantas has submitted a number of suggestions to AIPA on cóMo mo torníto close the gap while continuing to offer three percent annual salary increases and promotion opportunitiesón to its long distance pilots. Discussions focus on productivity and efficiency gains, including the ability to use the same pilots in your aircraftón Airbus A350 and the airline's existing Airbus A330 fleetínea.
Customer experience
He saysñor customer experience for flights up to 21 hours continueúa, including new cabins in First Class, Business, Premium Economy y Economy.
Research flightsón have underlined the importance of a dedicated space for stretching and movement for Economy passengers in particular, así as the potential benefits of redesignñar in-flight service to actively shift people to their destination time zone.
Así what, in the próIn the next few months we will know if this project takes off or not..
