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Airline's process of aircraft selection
The article below says Flybe stopped flying 112-seat BAe 146-300 jets
to Guernsey last month and introduced 74-seat Q400 turboprops instead. The interesting thing is that Flybe originally wanted to use 112-seat Embraer 195 on that route but decided against it. http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Fl...le-210278.html I am wondering if it is the case of reducing capacity from 112 to 74 per flight despite continued demand or whether just changing to a more suitable aircraft to increase the route's load factor. Generally, what is the process of aircraft selection? |
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Airline's process of aircraft selection
"Sunho" wrote in message ... The article below says Flybe stopped flying 112-seat BAe 146-300 jets to Guernsey last month and introduced 74-seat Q400 turboprops instead. The interesting thing is that Flybe originally wanted to use 112-seat Embraer 195 on that route but decided against it. http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Fl...le-210278.html I am wondering if it is the case of reducing capacity from 112 to 74 per flight despite continued demand or whether just changing to a more suitable aircraft to increase the route's load factor. Generally, what is the process of aircraft selection? These days, it is primarily fuel consumption and what's most necessary to remain profitable. On short hauls, propjets are generally much more efficient than pure jets, and the Q400 is about as efficient as they get . . ... Thus the choice of the Q-400 on this route. Jeff |
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Airline's process of aircraft selection
On Nov 18, 7:09*am, "Jeff Hacker" wrote:
"Sunho" wrote in message ... The article below says Flybe stopped flying 112-seat BAe 146-300 jets to Guernsey last month and introduced 74-seat Q400 turboprops instead. The interesting thing is that Flybe originally wanted to use 112-seat Embraer 195 on that route but decided against it. http://www.easier.com/view/Travel/Fl...le-210278.html I am wondering if it is the case of reducing capacity from 112 to 74 per flight despite continued demand or whether just changing to a more suitable aircraft to increase the route's load factor. Generally, what is the process of aircraft selection? These days, it is primarily fuel consumption and what's most necessary to remain profitable. *On short hauls, propjets are generally much more efficient than pure jets, and the Q400 is about as efficient as they get .. . .. *Thus the choice of the Q-400 on this route. Jeff OK, then would airlines welcome a new 120-seat turboprop if a manufacturer decides to make one? For instance, a new 120-seat turboprop will provide enough capacity for the route once served by the 112-seat BAe 146-300. |
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Airline's process of aircraft selection
Sunho wrote:
OK, then would airlines welcome a new 120-seat turboprop if a manufacturer decides to make one? For instance, a new 120-seat turboprop will provide enough capacity for the route once served by the 112-seat BAe 146-300. Turboprops used to be significantly slower. The Dash-8 Q-400 has narrowed the gap somewhat with better propellers and has lowered noise levels in the cabin. The Bae146 was a quiet aircraft, but it was a 4 engine jet aircraft which had high maintenance costs compared to a 2 engine turboprop. Turboprops are competitive with jets on shorter flights where the flight time diference can be minimal (sometimes turboprops may be faster because they can use less congested shorter runways). And turboprops end up costing a lot less on short haul flights than jets. FlyBe being a low cost operator, the arrival of the Dash-8-400 provided a means to lower costs while maintaining good comfort level (and greatly reducing carbon footprint). The dash-8-400 is a stretched version of the -300 which was itself a stretched over the original -100 (-200 was the same, but different performance). There are no modern turboprop designa stretcheable to the 110 seatcategory. So it would cost a lot of money to build one from scratch. Also, Flybe needs to look at its average load factor and cities served. If the 70 seat aircraft is right for the majority fo its routes, it simplifies its fleet management greatly to use the same aircraft, even on a few routes, a bigger aircraft could be used. |
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