Re: Change of Gauge.....

[ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Sun, 19 Mar 2000 21:34:40 +1100, "Dave Proctor"
<daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote:


>
>QANTAS used to do much the same thing (probably still do). QF1 would fly
>SYD-BKK-LHR and QF5 would fly SYD-MEL-SIN-BKK-FRA - they would have a
>composite flight - QF105 - for passengers flying SYD-FRA, utilising QF1 from
>SYD to BKK and QF5 from BKK to LHR - it deceives the customer into thinking
>they are getting the same plane all the way through.
>

  Not sure about deception, but BKK is a bit of a QF hub and it makes
sense to time arrival departure times from many places so that maximum
use of interchange can be made.

FYI QF5 is SYD-MEL-BKK-FRA Wed/Fri only and SYD-BKK-FRA every other
day. QF15 flies Tue/Thur/Sun direct from Melbourne to connect with QF5
and QF1, but on Tue and Thur flies SYD-BKK-ROME

However getting back on topic (sort of) to the railway term "change of
guage" I would hardly call "interchange" in the example above a change
of gauge. I can only think of cases where an aircraft type is changed
without a change in flight number being close to a change of guage.
QF549 from DRW to SYD via BNE is a good example. Its a 737 DWN-BNE and
767 BNE-SYD. Timetables show this as EQV (equipment varies), but I
have never seen change of guage!
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