Two random flights I noticed today were Air India flying BNE-SYD, and a Qantas 787 operating MEL-PER-SIN as QF71. I assume both are cargo flights? What is the full routing for Air India, and is BNE a one-off? Air India also did another flight to BNE about a month ago, though I can't recall whether ...
Jump to postI'm not really sure why any airline would need to be concerned with a passengers vaccination status. There a plenty of highly contagious diseases in the world (some even deadlier) before COVID-19 existed and it wasn't a requirement that passengers had to prove their immunity to these, so why should...
Jump to postHere's a sobering thought. Virtually every passenger flying into or out of Australia right now is probably either fleeing COVID-19 for home or is travelling to see a loved one in a bad way. How miserable must those flights be? Actually the majority of passengers travelling in or out of Australia wo...
Jump to postI suppose that angle does offer a justification: "Free marketing". I'm sure news outlets in Australia ran with this story. For the extra spend as someone said up thread, it has paid itself back in marketing easily. It was on the main BBC News web site as well, all over Twitter, Facebook, ...
Jump to postMy partner and I were one of the lucky ones who got seats on the Qantas 747 farewell flight out of BNE! Was so nervous thought we were gonna miss out, was refreshing the page like crazy, finally saw the link appear at 12:03. Booked the tickets, and went back picked the seats, got the last window sea...
Jump to postQF747 tickets for SYD, BNE and CBR joyflights to go on sale noon this Wednesday, $400 for economy and $747 for business class. Crazy expensive. For that much can fly to lax or SFO return from bne Syd or Mel in high season. Not really that bad for a 3hr joy flight during these tough times which isn'...
Jump to postThe Tourism Restart Taskforce has worked out a timeline for International flights to resume 1 July Proposed NZ bubble to include Pacific Islands as well 10 September - international flights to start resuming 15 December - all international flights started https://7news.com.au/news/tourism/timetable...
Jump to postJUST IN: It has been reported that NH is the preferred choice by Scurrah and the board. Lets hope! ANA had their problems a few years back and got through it , they would have to be much better than the Etihad/Singapore/HNA partners. Fun thought...NH gets control of VA and renames them Australian N...
Jump to postCraigAnderson wrote:Qantas Project Sunrise A350s economy class to have wider seats and more legroom?
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/sne ... 0-cockpit/
I wonder whether the original offers to convert bookings to vouchers was good PR, or just the work of a cunning corporation. I converted domestic JQ bookings for vouchers. Not really interested in making any trip within the required timeframe, I'll probably let the vouchers lapse. Now I'm wondering...
Jump to postI was over at MEL today and saw a Xiamen Air 787 at the terminal. When did they restart ops? Hadn’t expected them back, but things must be getting harder with the 14 day self isolation and the calls for no one to travel outside of Australia at this stage. Still wondering how numerous carriers are f...
Jump to postEK applies to end BNE-SIN-DXB service: From The Straits Times: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/emirates-applies-to-end-flights-between-singapore-and-brisbane-cccs-reviewing Unsure whether EK plans to introduce a direct service to replace the flight. The airline cites the service is causing “...
Jump to postThere wouldn’t have been anything different on the tarmac yesterday. They are painting the new bays in stages overnight with last night being the first night. There are two bays outside Gate 6 available today, two further tomorrow, and the final three for 7 total from Wednesday (subject to weather)...
Jump to postMalindo will indeed be Sydney's 40th international carrier. I was going to say that it would be a short lived achievement with Hainan pulling out, but I forgot that they have recently launched SYD-HAK so they are not gone (yet). Melbourne is 34 once NF start, 35 if you include D7 at AVV. ThaiAirAsi...
Jump to postQantas says India if forecasted to be Asia's second largest market from/to Australia by 2027 https://blueswandaily.com/qantas-india-forecast-to-be-the-second-fastest-growing-asian-market-to-australia-by-2027/ Can we see QF returning to India at some point? Maybe another PER hub operation option fro...
Jump to postDelta to use reconfigured 77L to SYD from 16 April 19 https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/status/1033418023116333056 The new Delta One Suite with a door looks remarkable, makes the QF A380 Skybed look poor and probably out guns the Sky Suite too. It looks flash...but I found it a bit on the small/tigh...
Jump to postAccording to their booking system, flights been suspended from the 28 OCT 18 - 2 JAN 19. A bit surprising considering their numbers so far haven't been too bad but at least their not cancelling. Interesting. Some further services are affected too, like PEK - BCN, which is being suspended in Novembe...
Jump to postamazed able to get frequent flyer seats in peak January school holidays period, SYD/LAX January 7 & back January 22. Nonstop on way over & 1 brief stop on way back, but total points 90,000 each person + about AU$450 in taxes/fuel surcharges. What's going on ? Thought this was the busiest ti...
Jump to postJust a small point but I don't believe Etihad is or classes itself as the national airline of UAE. Abu Dhabi alone maybe. Actually they do and always have classed itself as the national airline of UAE, in fact they often state it in the airport boarding calls and announcements and in the past they ...
Jump to postHBA has had wide body service in the past. Back in the 1980s I flew HBA-AKL on QF on a 762, returning a fortnight later AKL-MEL-HBA (also on a 762) after QF canned the nonstop flight. That flight was also canned in pretty short order. And of course NZ operated CHC-HBA for many years with a 737, pre...
Jump to postIt happens quite a lot, International it is particularly common as a result of someone getting injured whilst abroad (like being involved in a car accident or some having an accident skiing and braking their neck/back etc) and it is the travel insurance covering the cost of the medical flight home. ...
Jump to postWell actually Fiji Airways sorta made an attempt at this, the original rebranding as 'Air Pacific' in the 70's can be seen in part of them wanting to be the airline covering the Pacific and serving many of the Pacific islands. But the recent name change back to Fiji Airways would suggest they have r...
Jump to postAgreed only a small change in low season. But I wouldn't look too much into it really as it is only for such a short period during an off peak season for travel to/from the USA and QF will no doubt need the A380 for Chinese new year during that time frame (well in February anyway). If they had redu...
Jump to postQF MEL-LAX changes to meet seasonal demand From 12 Feb 18 to 24 Mar 18 QF93/94 will be reduced from daily A388 to 3 weekly A388 and 2 weekly 789 QF95/96 will operated as originally scheduled, 6 weekly A380 will instead be deployed on higher demanding routes https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-trims-fir...
Jump to postWith these rumoured new Asian routes potentially opening up soon, are there any particular routes you guys think Australian airlines should be operating to anywhere in the world (not just Australia or Asia) that we don't already service on our own metal? MEL-BKK & MEL-PVG JQ fly MEL-BKK 3-4x we...
Jump to postI'd like to find out whether or not she was on a E- ticket. When booking a flight all the information you need to know concerning what to expect on your upcoming trip are on the airline's website. If she was on an E- ticket she clearly didn't do her due diligence before clicking Purchase. Of course...
Jump to postNZ tomorrow (Wednesday) will finally open there new Lounge in MEL, about about 15months after starting to build it. https://www.ausbt.com.au/photo-tour-air-new-zealand-s-new-melbourne-airport-lounge https://media.ausbt.com.au/1500,1500-chris-air-new-zealand-melbourne-lounge-general-long.jpg Which p...
Jump to postAnd I know QF codeshares with (and holds a stake in) FJ but you never know... They went back into DPS and NAN seems like it would be a more premium-skewing market even if the volumes aren't quite a large. I don't know about this, it's not just a small stake, Qantas own 46% of Fiji Airways. While no...
Jump to postMust be fun to get stuck in Y for 24 hrs. Supersonic travel should be a pre-requisite for distance like this. No. Just no. I've had my limit at 5hrs. Don't think that will be a popular route at all. How they would even be able to cater for that many pax for 3 substantial meals plus snacks, don't kn...
Jump to postIn some cases, it's the general public who are ignorant to how these flag carriers have to operate, as flag carriers they expect them to be all things to all people because they are the flag carrier, but unless they are government backed and funded, they don't have the government there to support th...
Jump to postVA launches Economy X extra legroom seats https://www.ausbt.com.au/virgin-australia-launches-economy-x-extra-legroom-seats I couldn't see it in the article (unless I miss read) but does anyone know how they are achieving this to create the extra legroom? Are they removing a row of normal seats or r...
Jump to postSome interesting QLD developments: PX to start TSV-POM And according to the Brisbane Airport website timetetable section: AC quietly downgauging BNE-YVR from 789 to 788 OD BNE-DPS-KUL April start confirmed with 739. But not to spoil the OD party, Air Asia X to start BNE-KUL 4x/week in June. Unsure ...
Jump to postkonkret wrote:Is Qantas allowed to sell tickets for the JFK-LAX sector to a passenger continuing his journey on an international flight on a different airline (e.g. Cathay LAX to HKG)?
I saw that QF 12 flies JFK- LAX-SYD. (Side note: this is being flown today -2/25/2017) as a 744 flight aircraft is VH-OEI). Is this a change from US policy? I thought non-US flag carries could not fly domestic routes? Or can they only pick up people with a final destination overseas (essentially JF...
Jump to post^ In the past people have suggested a flight via a secondary airport is not counted as part of the bilateral - CX's BNE via CNS for example. Is this only the case when a flight enters / departs Oz at the secondary airport is it, so that DOH-CBR-SYD-CBR-DOH would be ok, but swapping CBR & SYD ar...
Jump to postMy understanding was that the HKG-CNS-BNE-CNS-HKG flights don't count towards their total as CNS is a "regional airport" as previously mentioned as routing that flight via CNS circumvents the limit on flights per week to the major ports. I could be wrong, so please correct me if I am. Unf...
Jump to postWhy do Virgin Australia and Qantas both have the worst Business Class hard product on the Tasman? and provided an much better service on PER-SYD/MEL. For example on the Tasman: Qantas - Pitch 37" - Width 22" - AVOD - Foldout Foot rest Virgin Australia - Pitch 38" - Width 22" - N...
Jump to postI noticed EY461 circling over Victoria last night. It looks like it returned to MEL. Anyone know why? No i don't know but it departed again around 4am. Also Fiji Airways is launching a 2x weekly Nadi to Adelaide from 30 June 2017 https://twitter.com/FijiAirways/status/811325287480733696 Oh wow, tha...
Jump to postMariner I think its because its not from Sydney or Melbourne is the reason is getting bagged so much. You wait for a Sydney-Chicago or a Melbourne-Dallas Then you will hear all the benefits of the long non stop flight and how they would all do it :) I think the same as redroo the English population...
Jump to postAdelaide Airport welcomes inaugural China Southern flight http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/12/adelaide-airport-keen-on-nonstop-us-flight-after-welcoming-china-southern-inaugural/ Adelaide Airport has said their next focus is a non-stop service to the US I assume ADL probably couldn't generate ...
Jump to postWhich brings up an interesting point how they will be flown out of Sydney? If they are MEL based; MEL-LAX-MEL-PER-LHR-PER-MEL, will they then position up to SYD as a domestic, routate back through the network else where? Or another route to LAX? I wonder if premium economy will be on sale MEL-PER? ...
Jump to postI don't really see any vast conflict between my description and the one given by Gemuser, because we're describing the same process but from what sounds like slightly different experiences at different airports. I also can't help but think you're getting stuck on viewing these as viable domestic fl...
Jump to postMy presumption is that the MEL-PER and PER-MEL legs will be treated as continuing sectors ("tags") rather than domestic connections and so they will depart from and arrive into MEL as international flights. Therefore passengers to and from MEL will go through customs and immigration there...
Jump to postWhat connecting traffic from the east? What sane person in syd/mel/bne would fly that route unless the fare is truly rock bottom? Can they do 2000 SYD-LHR return in J? AJ should have just replaced all the 744s in the fleet with the 789s. Not like they have enough pilots to fly all their aircrafts a...
Jump to postEveryone is quick to criticise the carrier when it's the 3rd party handling agent should receive the criticism. You pay peanuts this is the service they'll provide as they don't have sufficient resources to handle a disruption. EK413 Any airline (not just SQ) that pays a third party to do the work ...
Jump to postLiving in Brisbane I would love this option personally. I am not a fan of DXB or EK....but I love Qantas and prefer them over the asian carriers. So at present my only options are BNE-SYD/MEL-DXB-LHR. Sure I would love QF to return to SIN-LHR...but that doesn't sound likely in the short term. BNE-PE...
Jump to postHey guys, A few hours later and a few conversations with plane spotters like me, plus a couple of conversations with 'average Joes' and it's still a huge FAIL on the new QF livery.... Everything about it stinks. Really stinks. It's appalling with absolutely no saving graces. Another Australian icon...
Jump to postThis is all a little bit cringeworthy quite frankly. Qantas have arrived at the 787 party years after everyone else, and then barge in talking ahout how they are going to revolutionise their business, international aviation, and perhaps bring world peace as well as a result of their incredible fore...
Jump to postI love it! When I first saw it the missing arms on the roo looked a tad odd initially but the more I look at it the more I like it. What I particularly love is the shading on the roo, gives it some depth which looks fantastic! I still have reservations about the font, I like it on logos and branding...
Jump to postQF doesn't ferry 747's between MEL and SYD, the 747's are rotated: LAX-MEL-HKG-MEL-LAX. If anything I can see MEL-HKG going daily 747 in the future given that it doesn't seem like QF isn't interested in adding more frequency. It's not that QF isn't interested in adding frequency to HKG, it is that ...
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