Back in the 80s and 90s, Qantas used to fly to European destinations like BEG, FRA, CDG, and FCO Nowadays, they only fly to LHR What happened to those routes, why were they cut ME3 Well, mostly at least. Same reason why BA is the last airline from greater Europe flying to Australia. Too much metal ...
Jump to postFor me the only question is going to be does the new business class have doors? If yes, that's a winner. If not it'll already be behind the curve. A PE that's a departures from AA/BA would be more than welcomed too. What's important is a sense of space and privacy. That can often be better achieved...
Jump to postThere is a page of text in the link. Apologies I can't just download and embed it here. https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2021/05/airbus-provides-suppliers-with-an-update-on-production-plans.html#media-list-document-document-all_ml_0-1 'Envisaging' is a verb acutely French in its no...
Jump to postHere's an explanation as to why B737NG's repeatedly break into 3 pieces when they should NOT on hard landings and runway overruns from this 2010 report. This is 10 years before the 737 MAX scandal. We all should have seen it coming... https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2010/12/20101...
Jump to postThis is not my experience flying between France (Paris CDG) and other Schengen countries. I always have my boarding pass AND passport checked at the gate and prior to security. It is always check at the gate when returning also in my experience.
Jump to postNothing to see here, folks. Just more attention seeking from the QF marketing machine. SQ and others have been operating 19+ hr flights for many years. If QF needs to 'study' the effects of such long flights there should be plenty of real life data. No, this is just buzz inducing attention seeking. ...
Jump to postHere's a pretty good home video of the Bastille Day (Fête Nationale) - Air Parade, Paris 14th July, shot from the top of La Grande Arche de la Defense. There is quite a procession of diverse aircraft, well choreographed down the grand axis from La Defense, the Champs Elysees and the Louvre. https://...
Jump to post'Most high speed lines are underused (compared to maximum capacity) and lose money.' Care to provide your sources for this sweeping statement? Care to explain why Air France's domestic network is underused and loss making. It is because most corners of France are now connected by 300km/h HSR and it...
Jump to postI think part of these new taxes in Europe will be set to help high-speed trains. Most high speed lines are underused (compared to maximum capacity) and lose money. The EU also requires now that HSL have competition with private operators (this is already quite extended in Italy and somehow in Germa...
Jump to postPerhaps BOS-CDG-XYD is faster than BOS-CDG-LYS? I think part of these new taxes in Europe will be set to help high-speed trains. Most high speed lines are underused (compared to maximum capacity) and lose money. The EU also requires now that HSL have competition with private operators (this is alre...
Jump to postI just returned to Paris from Australia on a QF points redemption ticket with China Eastern (forward legs were with Emirates). It was my first time on a mainland Chinese carrier, so I did some searches on their J class and it looked above average on the new 787's from MEL to PVG and the 77W from PVG...
Jump to postInteresting fun fact, even a basic HSR system in the US would equal 10 French TGV systems. Chicago to LA is a greater distance than the entire TGV system and would involve the equivalent of crossing the Alps twice. GF No, that would be fun “fake news””, not fact. If all phases of the California HSR...
Jump to postTo all of you singing alleluia at the demise of this initiative, you should rather be in lament that your country is now just about the only industrialized country officially incapable of any major infrastructure project. The equivalent of LA - SF has been built a number of times throughout the worl...
Jump to postThe China Airlines MD 11 crash at HKG was a passenger version and seems to suffer from the same uncontrolled hard landing problems. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WitYiYLiBuA Kind of a lethal trend with that aircraft.
Jump to postAF needs to get the basics right first. To me the biggest is cleanliness. Far too often we see reviews and travel blogs showing how cabins are filthy and well overdue deep cleaning. If a passenger (especially high ticket ones) has to sit in a filthy seat then they won't come back when they have a c...
Jump to postSo.... Political Culture in the US scores 7.50, whilst France only 5.63, at the same time as you have a foreign hostile power hacking the US election and a president actively investigated for working for same hostile power against the interests of the US? In France we just have an active protest mo...
Jump to postSo.... Political Culture in the US scores 7.50, whilst France only 5.63, at the same time as you have a foreign hostile power hacking the US election and a president actively investigated for working for same hostile power against the interests of the US? In France we just have an active protest mov...
Jump to postThanks. Agree the relationship between the airport and the airline seems particularly terrible right now. I guess they are both at an inflection point, and whatever gets agreed will have significant consequences. The only thing i don't get - is given qantas have the current terminal for at least 5 ...
Jump to postI live in Paris and have, due to QFF status, been holding out for QF to come back after they dropped the EK/DXB connections with QF1 and 9 A380 services. I just came back from Australia on the QF/AF code share from MEL and SIN. I was put off this at first as the QF website calculates virtually no p...
Jump to postFor what it's worth I had drinks with people close to the Perth hub strategy about six months ago. Gist of it was that it's hard to see CDG or FRA being launched in the short to medium term, although they're happy with how LHR has worked. QF would like CDG and FRA from PER, but without the current ...
Jump to postPredictions for 2019: - QF to announce PER-CDG, but only if their issues with the airport are resolved "Issues" with which airport, PER or CDG? I live in Paris so am quite interested in this possibility. The CDG - LHR5-LHR3-PER-MEL option I just took for Christmas visit was just a little ...
Jump to postSpecifically: they are shouting, “Назад” - “Pull back, Pull back!!” when the rubber bullets are fired. Just let that sink in a moment…. These could also be Ukrainians - they all speak Russian there. Keep in mind - that country is stuffed with all sorts of dudes experienced and inspired by Maidan, a...
Jump to postNot to defend Trump but I think he was actually the result of the working class (that often voted Dem) getting all pissed at the liberal ruling class saying they're "for them" but ended up hurting them in some ways. Now I'm not saying Trump was the answer, nor am I saying he is fighting f...
Jump to postWhat’s going on is that the working classes are continually lectured sneered at and looked down at by people who claim to be fighting for them when in reality the complete opposite is the case. Policies ruin working class communities yet liberal dominated politicians hijack the cause for their own ...
Jump to postDo you have any evidence that refutes it? Most airlines put the brakes on the A-380 purchases as they realized Airbus called it wrong on what the market would be. I have no intention bashing Airbus; they called it right with the A-350. You state as a fact that "this was vanity purchase directe...
Jump to postDo you have any evidence that refutes it? Most airlines put the brakes on the A-380 purchases as they realized Airbus called it wrong on what the market would be. I have no intention bashing Airbus; they called it right with the A-350. You state as a fact that "this was vanity purchase directe...
Jump to postAir France never had the network to support A380 operations. This was a vanity purchase directed by the French Government to support Airbus as well as French and European manufacturers that supply parts for the A380. The good news here is that the move does point to AF finally getting serious about...
Jump to postAir France never had the network to support A380 operations. This was a vanity purchase directed by the French Government to support Airbus as well as French and European manufacturers that supply parts for the A380. The good news here is that the move does point to AF finally getting serious about...
Jump to postQF at LAX - Simultaneous 2x A380, and 747s, plus 787s
Jump to postThe automatic nature of the BrowserChoice.eu feature was dropped in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 in February 2011 and remained absent for 14 months despite Microsoft reporting that it was still present, subsequently described by Microsoft as a "technical error". As a result, in March 2013 the...
Jump to postIt's not just the EU attitude to the Death Penalty, it's the conviction of all developed countries (including Australia, NZ, Canada, etc) who have long since moved beyond state sponsored execution as a means of justice. The US is ALONE in its conviction that killing its citizens who are convicted of...
Jump to postA great new destination themed in flight safety video from Qantas, which also sees the return of the "I Still Call Australia Home" Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsCYy5qq4w
We are now in a situation where the US heads of the armed services are obliged to take serious questions and publicly provide serious answers as to what they would do in case of rogue orders from Trump to launch unilateral-POTUS commanded nuclear attacks. We are "in a situation" where a R...
Jump to postWe now live in a World in which the army and the government have to reassure the public that they won't let the unstable and unqualified President start a nuclear war on a whim... :rotfl: *It's a nervous laugh. I'm actually dying inside. Thanks for perfectly summarizing my point. We're afraid that ...
Jump to postI guess I am confused. Are you saying you have issues with this because the military should follow the commander in chief regardless, or is this an objection to the topic being discussed? Just because the CIC or any superior gives an order does not mean it is a lawful order. Sorry. Guess I assumed ...
Jump to postWe are now in a situation where the US heads of the armed services are obliged to take serious questions and publicly provide serious answers as to what they would do in case of rogue orders from Trump to launch unilateral-POTUS commanded nuclear attacks. Congress members, the Senate Foreign Relatio...
Jump to postWhile some are quick to associate this with QF32 (which was the release of the IPT due to oil leaking on it), I'm associating this more with WN 3742 (which a quick google search shows that an official NTSB report has not been released on yet - been curious about this one) ...... Why would there be ...
Jump to postWhile some are quick to associate this with QF32 (which was the release of the IPT due to oil leaking on it), I'm associating this more with WN 3742 (which a quick google search shows that an official NTSB report has not been released on yet - been curious about this one) ...... Why would there be ...
Jump to postRTW every 3 months looks like the routine of a drug courier Exactly. Odd behaviors, even with good reasoning will be questioned. Simple fact of life. Any country does not have to let you in their borders, and any odd travel habits will be looked at Does not matter who you are or why you are doing i...
Jump to postSounds about right for narrow minded government workers. Odd that I did an rtw from the USA made up of all separate tickets on totally different random airlines aka the super cheap way and no country cared on entry or transit. Not really. It's only the US that seems to freak over this. Staff just c...
Jump to post"Airbus is presenting a developmental study for an enhanced version of the A380, called the “A380plus." The study includes aerodynamic improvements that would reduce fuel consumption, as well as an enhanced cabin layout and optimised maintenance planning." The video highlights all th...
Jump to postHe's flying the hideous Ryanair because he's a cheapskate, ignoring the terms and conditions he signed up for in order to access such a tight-assed airfare and then goes mega entitled bourgeois, "I'm your paying customer, Sabrina! I'm paying your salary!" No he isn't. If he were, she would...
Jump to postA white delivery van mounted the curb on London bridge and mowed down at least half a dozen pedestrians, making repeated efforts. If this is not a British Muslim, inspired by djihadist social media, I'll seriously question my worldview. We all know, as in France and Germany and Manchester, this is a...
Jump to postIt is nice to see a politician speak the truth and get down to the points and be open about it. Perhaps, Perhaps not. There is something fishy about this story... The links don't actually provide a source, just rumor and innuendo. Otherwise known as fake news from the alt-left. They don't show the ...
Jump to postI'd love to know how refusing to surrender sovereignty to a supra-national organisation constitutes "stabbing their fellow Europeans in the back". ...... And I'll be happy to explain it for you a second time. From the OP: In order to suck up to the American's for a deal, lead by a horror ...
Jump to postI really doubt this is going to be a wake-up call against the populist movement. People say Brexit was a wake-up call against the populist movement & yet Trump still got elected. It seems to me that the entire world is shifting towards populism. As for EU's response to Trump, it would be better...
Jump to postWe can have cooperation and an agreement with the US on defense (although with Trump, that's debatable). But European defense should be first and foremost an European endeavour. No US general involved. Can you imagine an European general dictating things on US soil ? Going to be blunt: did you just...
Jump to postNot so much to do with Trump but here's why many get confused. Reported by the Telegraph ....Mr Verhofstadt said the EU would be guided by the principle that “you can never have outside the European Union a better status than as member of the European Union”. And there are still some here who say t...
Jump to postSympathy for the UK is disappearing very quickly these days. I hope they will feel the negative consequences for many decades to come with the way they are stabbing their fellow Europeans in the back. I'd love to know how refusing to surrender sovereignty to a supra-national organisation constitute...
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