There will be a number of changes over the next 12 months as the additional 3 frames are added, but I am increasingly thinking that the final distribution 12 months from now will look not-dissimilar to the "option one" I posted in the December Australian Aviation thread. It really does se...
Jump to postTherefore 5 days a week of 789 capacity could be used for a new service elsewhere. Perhaps to JNB or even YVR. There will be a number of changes over the next 12 months as the additional 3 frames are added, but I am increasingly thinking that the final distribution 12 months from now will look not-...
Jump to postQF/JQ applied for additional 675 seats on DPS route from 28/4. Believe these new services will operate from BNE as additional 2x weekly flights, bringing JQ BNE-DPS to 9x weekly. Good to see them slowly expanding on route, BNE-DPS has exploded over past year. These new flights now bookable through ...
Jump to postWe have the land and resources it just needs to happen Actually, we dont. That corridor passes through dry Australian farmland - where is the water for these massive cities going to come from???? If youre talking about spreading the population, do it within the Wolongong-Canberra-Orange-Newcastle a...
Jump to postPeople need to remember Syd-Mel is second busiest flight path in the world. It’s one of the most lucrative travel path in one of the most wealthiest countries. And people need to take in the effect that HSR will help to mitigate of our overcrowded cities. This is a project that can’t be simply judg...
Jump to postI wonder if there is a further announcement to come to balance SFO capacity. MEL already has 4pw. I wonder if BNE might get the other 3pw replacing the evening LAX flight....? Or perhaps ORD is on the radar?
Jump to postThere is a fairly strong rumour that they will announce Brisbane. I'm not sure I believe it as I haven't heard anything about the Australia-Qatar bilateral been amended (it is currently maxed out), but Brisbane would be a gateway (of sorts) to Queensland and therefore some of Australia's most popul...
Jump to postWill YVR operate this summer? Perhaps as a 789 service? Potential for it to be extended to a year round service? I believe it’s only scheduled in DEC19 JAN 20 rather than June July this year. The current 789s probably don’t have enough Y seats for YVR, I’d say it will get a 744 this year atleast. T...
Jump to postNo. It would become BNE-LAX-JFK-LAX-BNE-PER-LHR-PER-BNE That is simply impossible. The timings do not work. In such a scenario it would rotate with QF55/56 (moved to an evening departure from BNE) or any hypothetical BNE-SFO etc, exactly like the schedule out of MEL. QF15 would have to remain a mor...
Jump to postQantas owns 4 pairs of slots 2 morning arrivals, 2 lunch time arrivals and departures with two evening departures. What times do you think we will see on SYD-LHR? Would it likely be evening departures and morning arrivals both ways to be premium heavy? Is it likely that QF will look to shuffle slots...
Jump to postAnnounced last November, see https://www.ausbt.com.au/qantas-shakes-up-sydney-hong-kong-with-overnight-flights, and yes it's very strange that QF117 SYD-HKG leg is overnight but QF118 HKG-SYD leg is also overnight, so the aircraft spends all day on the ground. I would have thought that making QF118...
Jump to postToday’s domestic legs of QF9/10 are being subbed by a 738, QF10 has been delayed to 1900 Such a poor passenger experience for those MEL pax, particularly J and W pax... I realise it must be unavoidable but surely better to sub an A330 at least or just cancel the MEL-PER leg and move them to other d...
Jump to postWill QF have another top off order for 789'S in 2019 perhaps 4-6 or will the choose to order the 787J for asian routes? For narrow body orders I could see a split order of 737-8 Max and 321Neo's for higher demand routes. I can see a further topup order in 2019 for more 789s but I think they are bei...
Jump to postI heard a rumour that UA was considering ADL. ADL is very keen to have a service to North America, so perhaps a SFO/LAX-ADL will beat a potential SFO-MEL?
Jump to postFor a full service carrier like QR, OOL wouldn't be great. Plus runway is not long enough to support fully loaded 77W and or A359/788. Yep - very true re runway length. They could do a tag though, like DOH/DXB/AUH - SIN - OOL. I think QR should consider this, because 1) they can't fly to BNE under ...
Jump to postBNE-WLG nonstop would be good too. Is there scope to link a BNE-WLG service with the new B787 base in BNE to provide connectivity QF doesnt currently provide on the 2 x daily SYD-WLG or daily MEL-WLG? Definitely not a 787. If it happens it will be a 73H or JQ 320. But then again it's not a long hau...
Jump to postI wonder what the A380 network will look like with project sunrise aircraft coming online and the introduction of more longhaul 789 routes. SYD-DFW seems to be a prime candidate for change (ie switch to a daily 789 SYD-DFW and a MEL-DFW daily) based on comments from AJ that its cheaper to operate 2 ...
Jump to postQF9 PER-LHR is cancelled as well I suppose QF had to choose whether to cancel todays QF9/10 MEL-PER-LHR-PER-MEL or replace the MEL-PER-MEL legs with A330/737 and send VH-ZND back PER-LHR tonight which would effectively then cancel tonights QF95/96 MEL-LAX-MEL. October/November is traditionally fair...
Jump to postQantas can try SYD-BOM non stop or MEL-BOM . Although their 789s seem to have too many premium seats than what's required for Indian market as India-Australia isn't as large as India-USA . Still their a333s seem to have the perfect config for a route like SYD-BOM . Any chance of them doing so? Do t...
Jump to postThe Project Sunrise birds would be perfect for nonstop PER-LAX too. If there is enough high yield traffic, is there? Gemuser ADL is currently looking for their missing Nth American link. I could potentially see an ADL-LAX flight a couple times per week. Perhaps they start that in PER to provide the...
Jump to postCX and QF announce a new codeshare covering Perth and Cairns Cathay flights, Cathay Pacific South East Asia and Subcontinent flights and Qantas domestic. https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/cathay-pacific-and-qantas-codeshare-to-bring-australia-and-asia-closer/ Whilst I understand no c...
Jump to postInteresting article on BlueSwan talking about the SQ changes to ADL and BNE. Highlighting a possible interest for SQ to use 737 max8s to increase frequency. http://blueswandaily.com/singapore-airlines-aircraft-changes-in-the-adelaide-and-brisbane-markets-the-good-and-the-bad/ I like the idea of doub...
Jump to postSpeaking of TG what happened Thai Air Asia could they strike with reduced capacity? Could also be the case there is connecting traffic just not that high for Brissy? They were supposed to be getting some more A330s if I remeber right... I wonder of they would consider BKK-BNE. I think a LCC link co...
Jump to postHas Perth-LAX been announced yet? It is only 300miles further than PER-LHR according to GCMAP. After London, Los Angeles must be the next most demanded long distance route from Perth. I often thought that maybe a 4pw PER-ADL-LAX could work, but agree there are other priorities that will come first....
Jump to postEK have announced changes to MEL and BNE DXB-SIN-BNE will now leave at 2115 with a day flight SIN-BNE 1030ish - 1930 arrival in BNE The 2nd direct flight will now leave at around 0100 for a 2130. Cant remember the MEL flight change completely aside from that the SIN-MEL will now arrive MEL just aft...
Jump to postEK have announced changes to MEL and BNE DXB-SIN-BNE will now leave at 2115 with a day flight SIN-BNE 1030ish - 1930 arrival in BNE The 2nd direct flight will now leave at around 0100 for a 2130. Cant remember the MEL flight change completely aside from that the SIN-MEL will now arrive MEL just afte...
Jump to posthttps://bitre.gov.au/publications/ongoing/files/International_airline_activity_1805.pdf Data for (MEL)-PER-LHR in May: Pax: 13,397 Seats: 14,632 Load factor Total: 92% Load factor Outbound: 94% Load factor Inbound: 89% Pax originating from MEL: 26% Pax originating from PER: 74% Historic load factor...
Jump to postThe domestic passenger statistics for April 2018 have been released. Highlights include: Big increases on HTI and ROK routes as traffic returned to normal levels following Cyclone Debbie the year prior. A six percent increase in seats on MEL-SYD (the 85 percent load factor was maintained), which is...
Jump to postA332 update. •-EBA through to -EBN will be modified to incorporate WiFi and cabins of -EBG and -EBL reconfigured to the standard domestic configuration. •-EBO through to -EBV to undergo a cabin reconfiguration which includes the addition of 1 Tech Crew Rest facility and an extra lavatory in Busin...
Jump to postQF would feed . . . nothing. It's not as a big a feeder hub as NZ would have, but it can hardly be said to be " nothing ." QF can feed the AKL - LAX flight, if the US DOT approves the AA-QF JV in the next few months (perhaps that approval is what QF is waiting for). Cheers, C. CBR-AKL wou...
Jump to postI wouldn’t be surprised if QF added a sixth daily SYD-AKL possibly on an A330 to not fall to far behind capacity wise. As I said less fifth freedom capacity now than there has been for a while. Interesting to read QF are looking to codeshare on CI’s Tasman routes. How much slack does QF currently h...
Jump to postA through flight number seems strange when you have qf9 and qf10 running through. The planned arrival time does make sense for a through flight for pax heading east. Perhaps the flight number would begin in BNE or SYD instead? Maybe even a cheeky ADL upgauge and provide an international flight from ...
Jump to postLooks like QF may be about to announce a new route, Perth-Johannesburg https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278015/qantas-files-one-way-johannesburg-perth-schedule-from-dec-2018/ Interesting. One could assume a 4pm ish departure from PER that gets into JNB by 9pm that night with a shor...
Jump to postLooks like QF may be about to announce a new route, Perth-Johannesburg https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278015/qantas-files-one-way-johannesburg-perth-schedule-from-dec-2018/ I'd have preferred a summer seasonal PER - CPT service, linking to BNE, SYD, MEL and the summer seasonal PE...
Jump to postLooks like QF may be about to announce a new route, Perth-Johannesburg https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278015/qantas-files-one-way-johannesburg-perth-schedule-from-dec-2018/ Interesting. One could assume a 4pm ish departure from PER that gets into JNB by 9pm that night with a shor...
Jump to postSo just having a little think about this PER-CDG rumour. Aside from QF doing the "smile" route (LAX/SFO-MEL-PER-LHRvv) for efficiency using 4 frames, I was having a think about how CDG could go daily with only 2 frames, and still be somewhat attractive. So, depending on what slots QF have ...
Jump to postThis is a great left field choice. I sippose key is what % of sales do they expect terminating in DPS. How many flights currently DXB DPS? Is this much of an increase. Frieght scenario is the same what is terminating/originating DPS? Definitely could really work for them I feel. Great stopover opti...
Jump to post[ I can see QF having daily flights out of Perth to LHR, CDG, FRA, JNB and BOM as you suggest. They would need to have seamless east coast connections to be entirely successful. I think we are getting carried away here as what that PER mini-hub is about to achieve. It will be the bridge to Europe d...
Jump to postToday tonight Perth addition did story on new upgrades rolling out at the airport. Interesting airport boss talk up japan but also said delegation in India this month trying to secure flights. I remember BA as a kid did Perth-Bombay-London. hmmm i wonder if this could spark the PER-SIN-BOM/BLR rumo...
Jump to postEmirates Engineering to repaint eight Qantas A380s in Dubai new 'armless roo' livery starting March 2018. https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-engineering-announces-aircraft-maintenance-deal-with-qantas Why is it only 8 aircraft? Could this be a pre cursor to a downsize with the 380s? SYD...
Jump to postSelective to some destinations without mentioning other destinations that are having a reduced transit time is never a good idea. It is better than simply doing no analysis, nor mentioning any destinations at all. I accept that some more minor destinations have better connections, like CMB and HYD....
Jump to postNZ to add extra add extra frequencies on CHC-SYD during NS18, initially 6 weekly will go up to 12 weekly at certain periods https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/276884/air-new-zealand-increases-christchurch-sydney-service-in-ns18/ Perhaps another indicator to the demise of the VA/NZ tr...
Jump to postIt is actually a big benefit. Several days a week passengers had to fly to SYD anyway, go through customs, change terminals and then sit on an ATR. Daily service with no terminal change and customs in Canberra is much more compelling than the altnernative. Most days of the week (4 of 7), passengers...
Jump to postSurely NZ will jump on CBR-AKL 3-4pw now with this change.
This is great news for CBR. Much better product. PE and F will have some demand. Now going Daily and able to tap into the overnight market ex SYD to fill the plane.
CBR also maintains a nonstop flight out and a convenient transfer in SYD
This sounds like an interesting aircraft for the QF group. PER, ADL and CBR to SIN with lie flat J. JQ to take the 788s off DPS in favour of 321Neos.
I suppose for these guys its down to what Boeing can provide for this MOM option. Otherwise Im sure theyll go 321neo
As much as I would love to see a new livery similar to wunala or nalanji, I can see this new livery being too detailed as the weight penalties will have an impact on the VLH routes they plan to operate. Hoping that it looks awesome though
Jump to postCanberra Airport talking up Jetstar to operate on the CBR-SYD route http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-airport-certainly-interested-in-jetstar-flying-from-capital-to-sydney-20180112-h0hl32.html Can’t really see this happening outside of a token effort, if at all. Why would QF Group u...
Jump to postFirst let me come back on my 4x daily flight schedule for each alliance. On second tought I think this is valid for flights up to 10-11 hours. For this 4x daily flight schedule four planes are required because they can fly the return route the same day. When the route gets longer the schedule reduc...
Jump to postOnly question I have is the Qantas lounge going to be big enough at T1? 50 odd business/first passengers not to mention the frequent flyers and at that time CX business/frequent flyers. Sounds like a bit of a squeeze. I think the lounges will be fine. You have TG and SA moving from the QF lounge to...
Jump to postMy guess is the 6x weekly MEL-LAX will be trimmed back to allow the new MEL-SFO. QF will need to operate some B789 MEL-LAX to enable the aircraft to rotate with the BNE based B789 aircraft. They only recently retimed SYD-SFO to a late evening departure ex SYD. so I could see the same happening as a...
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