Iran sent drones and missiles at Israel and a lot of Middle Eastern airspace was closed requiring lengthy diversions. See this thread. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492587
Jump to postOf the 3 aircraft from SIN that are approaching LHR right now, QF209 took the most circuitous route, with a very zig zagy flight path over Central Asia that seems to be avoiding Pakistan and Afghanistan. The BA flight went straight through the middle of Afghanistan but otherwise generally is taking ...
Jump to postWill this also affect CDG and FCO if alternative routes are still necessary when they start up? Being slightly shorter maybe they can get away with it? Big blow to the competitiveness of QF to these destinations, especially from the east coast. LHR I understand caters more to the PER local market th...
Jump to postHave I missed that Bonza is now using Nauru Airlines to fill its capacity gaps? Just saw a Nauru 733 at MEL operating as AB1634 to OOL. Yes. They've been using Nauru (usually the -800) to cover one line of OOL-based flying since the Canadians went home at the start of March. The other OOL-line is u...
Jump to postOne stroke of luck is this happened on the short hop SYD-AKL. The AKL-SCL leg must fly close to Antarctica, a long way from anywhere. I live south of MEL and when I woke up at 5am for work this morning I could hear a jet flying over. Thought it a bit odd as it was too early for domestic ops to have...
Jump to postAustralia could again see flights to Hamilton in New Zealand. A report from Hamilton Airport Chief Executive Mark Morgan has reportedly highlighted “the first credible engagement with international airlines in a decade” - "He said there had been genuine inquiries into the possibility of schedu...
Jump to postI’m not sure when it was made the standard but I believe it was by 2004. From 2002 - 4 there seems to be a bit of an ambiguous transition with some MSNs having EIS1 CRTs and the new ISIS standby and some others having EIS2 LCDs and the original analog standbys.
Jump to postKind of a red eye, but a very delayed late night departure from PEK-SIN on an SQ 773. Was about 3am when we left Beijing and the flight was practically empty in coach with every passenger basically having a set of seats to themselves, so got a lie flat experience in economy. Before landing meal was ...
Jump to postThis evening's paywall article on The Australian in regards to JH's upcoming departure as VA CEO after her resign presser has the reporter suggesting that she was 'asked to step down' due to VA's declining performance across many 'metrics' in the past year. The article also reported that (not surpr...
Jump to postThe change in terminology around the A321XLR order is interesting. Previously they referred to it as part of their "short haul" or "narrowbody" replacement program, but today's releases quite specifically refer to the aircraft being "allocated to Qantas Domestic". Whic...
Jump to postI’ve never understood why the MD dial a flap type feature never got more wide spread on modern airliners. Especially in the Airbus it seems it could be accomplished pretty easily with existing hardware. Surely we have the technology for the takeoff performance to be calculated with the optimal flap ...
Jump to posthttps://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/virgin-australia-ceo-jayne-hrdlicka-to-step-down-as-head-of-iconic-aussie-airline/news-story/142a24b1d67d27c7a62045f72e41310e Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka is stepping down. I don't see this as her being pushed out, but maybe she's got a better d...
Jump to postRumours that the Flair aircraft may be moving over to the Aussie register and stay beyond the end of the planned wet lease in March. Both aircraft have had names applied under the cockpit windows over the weekend. Bruce, and Matilda.
Jump to postDoes the standard A321LR have the range for PER-AKL/CHC? Could be an opportunity for JQ to throw some aircraft on in the near future. Otherwise hopefully with the XLR.
Jump to postNot too familiar with how the Chinese diaspora is scattered through Sydney but if WSI is convenient for any large concentrations of Chinese perhaps some of the PRC carriers will relocate or move flights out west.
Jump to postWill be interesting to see how the QF Group also breaks down their WSI operations, I assume they will not want to canibalise their SYD fortress. At most I can only see 4 x daily WSI-MEL/BNE, 2 x daily ADL/CBR and daily PER for mainline (to begin). JQ I can see multiple frequencies to MEL, AVV, BNE,...
Jump to postHow much would the Busselton/Margaret River airport draw pax from Perth? Or is it too far south?
Jump to postThe biggest issue with having a random fleet of planes with a green tail is that it makes no sense and doesn’t tell a story. In Branding you need to lay out a narrative and say who you are through visual means and giving off the ‘vibes’ you want to portray through the various customer touch points, ...
Jump to postSimilar topic, when did the VA code become available? Virgin Blue was DJ and they didn’t assume VA until the rebrand in 2011. Not sure of the exact date the switching of codes occurred. I assume the code had been previously allocated at some point as I’d assume Virgin Atlantic would have taken it i...
Jump to postSimilar topic, when did the VA code become available? Virgin Blue was DJ and they didn’t assume VA until the rebrand in 2011. Not sure of the exact date the switching of codes occurred. I assume the code had been previously allocated at some point as I’d assume Virgin Atlantic would have taken it if...
Jump to postWhat is the “life span” of a paint job on a a320? Surely some of the JQ CEO’s must be nearing needed a repaint? The 788’s are getting repainted from next year in the new Silver Star look. They have 18 year old A320s that are seemingly still wearing their original paint from the factory. In fairness...
Jump to postI think the public are really starting to voice their disappointment in Bonza on social media posts. Bonzas official pages have comments restricted or turned off but if you look at where the sales are being advertised, such as by the airports, the general public is commenting with pitchforks and sp...
Jump to postLooks like this is a catastrophic runway incursion incident. The A350 is equipped with a forward facing nosewheel camera right? Zeke and Starlionblue, is this something that is displayed on one of the monitors in the cockpit prior to touchdown and if so, does the PM scan this? No it’s not. Because ...
Jump to postVA 77 has diverted to NRT following the crash of the JAL A350 and Coastguard Q300 at HND. It arrived about 2 hours after the incident and flew straight in to NRT with no holding.
Jump to postI flew on VH-EBM today on AKL-BNE, and have to say the cabin condition is very poor. Multiple rows with IFE not working, then the backup Q Streaming was broken too. Seats covered with taped up repairs, even the bathroom had taped up repairs. I had broken IFE, broken tray table, and broken crew call...
Jump to postApparently Flonza is good to go now seems to be! https://australianaviation.com.au/2023/12/all-systems-go-for-bonzas-gold-coast-base-after-casa-thumbs-up/ a few people will be breathing easier about their Christmas travel plans Good for Bonza who can really do without the negative publicity that’s ...
Jump to postSingapore Airlines have announced flights from SIN to LGW, 5x weekly A350 launching June 2024, in addition to the current 4x daily LHR flights. SQ 310 Dep SIN 23:55 Arr LGW 06:25 SQ 309 Dep LGW 10:15 Arr SIN 06:20 https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2023/12/18/singapore-airlines-will-l...
Jump to posthttps://www.facebook.com/bonzafans Another Flair 737 from Canada is landing at Gold Coast for Bonza today....... And CASA has still not signed off on the wetlease. CASA has supplied the following statement to the ABC regarding the process today. "Flair does not hold any Australian approvals,&q...
Jump to postFurther to this I believe A321NEO’s take over the PER-DPS flights from the current A320’s around the start of August, so a substantial increase in daily seats on this route. The release states they will be basing 4 aircraft in PER - will this use their utilisation up, or do they have some more wrig...
Jump to postpreliminary report into the Malaysian A330 and Bamboo 787 that overran the runway at MEL during night works in September has been released. Both aircraft lifted off in a 450m exclusion zone between the temporary displaced threshold and the start of the construction zone. No injury’s reported on grou...
Jump to postA revamp of the CNS intl terminal is definitely needed, very much early 90s in appearance. As the post above it’s a huge terminal for its needs today, in many ways they would be better off constructing a intl extension to the domestic terminal, such as ADL or OOL The domestic terminal is pretty awf...
Jump to postChange your thinking a bit from drag to lift. All that extra surface coming down generates extra lift that helps the take off. Now the 777 and 747 families are much much heavier and also more powerful than the 737 and so can use the extra flap to generate more lift. There are a lof of calculations ...
Jump to postApart from "Trans-Con" operations, where would VA realistically use the MAX10? Cheers. I see the -10 mostly operating on transcon, triangle and beach flights such as OOL and CNS. I don’t think VA has any interest in going after that premium traffic they were chasing with the A330s J. They...
Jump to postBonza delaying Flair wet lease for another 10 days. I assume Flair haven’t been granted a FATAOC yet. Either that, or Canberra isn’t happy about something. In two minds about this. Whilst yes it will be cool to have other operators flying around our airports and I understand the necessity and purpo...
Jump to postWell then this is turning into a bit of an F up. If AB had the operational capacity to operate these flights there would have been no need to lease in the Flair jets. Surely this is going to have wider ramifications on their network. So they switched aircraft at the last minute? Happens all the tim...
Jump to postLatest Bonza Update. Bonza will attempt to operate the flair 737MAX8 C-FLKC tomorrow Gold Coast (OOL) to Melbourne (MEL) AB1633 departing 11:25 AM arr 2:40 PM. Good luck Looks like the plan didn’t happen. Operated by one of the normal Bonza jets instead. Well then this is turning into a bit of an F...
Jump to posthttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/mystery-investor-777-partners-bought-165507735.html This was posted in the Flair thread but relevant here too. More question marks over the behaviour of 777 partners. I wonder if the biggest risk to Bonzas future is not the markets it’s chasing and local management but...
Jump to postJetstar has announced 3 per week Melbourne to Hervey Bay from 20th June 24. Operating Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday JQ884 MEL-HVB 12:30-14:55 JQ885 HVB-MEL 15:35-18:15 Genuinely shocked they didn’t already operate this. They have flown it previously, haven’t they? I thought they had, but from the ...
Jump to postJetstar has announced 3 per week Melbourne to Hervey Bay from 20th June 24.
Operating Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
JQ884 MEL-HVB 12:30-14:55
JQ885 HVB-MEL 15:35-18:15
With the recent announcements about the JQ788s getting a refresh inside and out, was wondering, have any of JQ’s existing A320s received a livery update, or is it only on the new build A321s JQ don’t really repaint planes. None of the aircraft currently in the fleet have received any repaint or i l...
Jump to postAgreed but it depends on how the 321LR/ XLRs are used. And as I mentioned earlier might JQ add Business/Star Class to its 321s. Eg. Would you replace a SYD-DPS 788 with a double 321, or instead add ADL and BNE flights for example. If the 321s replace some existing routes then that means the 788s ne...
Jump to postThe actual rotation speed of 169 kt was only 16 kt below the maximum flap extended speed (185 kt), 41 kt closer than the correct rotation speed would have been. The PF rotated the aircraft at a rate significantly below the recommended rate of 3°/s. This resulted in the aircraft attitude reaching 10...
Jump to postI don’t think a 325 seat JQ 788 would have the range for MEL-LAX I believe UA have to block seats when they use the -8 and they only have about 240 to start with.
Jump to postForget everything you have read on this thread thus far. The Brazilian government made a 180 turn and changed its mind over imposing a perimeter at SDU. Instead, an effective JAN2024, it will impose a capacity cap on the airport: 6.5M pay/year from the current 10.2M/year, without restrictions in te...
Jump to postNever been on a trijet and the only Quads are some QR A380s operating MEL-DOH-LHR-DOH-MEL
Jump to postDon’t remember the aircraft from my first two flights as it was a few years before I developed ah interest in aviation but it was 100% 737NGs. The first I noted was in August 2006, my third flight. A 737-800 registered VH-VUD operated by Virgin Blue. About a year after I flew it, it transferred to t...
Jump to postVery botched. Horrid is another good word for it! Where did you see the photo? There's one photo here. There's a post on X / Twitter with another two photos but I can't find it again now. I thought it was Alex Praglowski that posted but the post is not on his page. Ouch that looks rough. Why not ju...
Jump to postAs SYD is capped on it's hourly flight movements, would QF consider moving some services to WSI? The Red Roo appear to have huge interest in opening international destinations, some old ones being revisited and possibly some new. I think the confirmed/operational list, if memory serves, includes DE...
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