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Re: Virgin Australia | "The Business" | Hong Kong to Melbourne | VA's Private Mini Suites on the A330

On the contrary the point is correct as most of the VA 332 fleet is used transcon which wasn’t mentioned.

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Re: Virgin Australia | "The Business" | Hong Kong to Melbourne | VA's Private Mini Suites on the A330

Nice review. Just to be clear the 6 x A330 fleet are mainly used on the trans cons PER-SYD, PER-MEL & the occasional PER-BNE. The HKG flights are taken from this fleet some days.

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Re: Qatar Airways to upgrade PER-DOH to A388 from 1 May 18

Good news. DOH-PER route has been quite healthy and the mining activity is picking up again clearly in Perth.

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Re: A long report on the longest flight in the world - Business Class on Qatar's 777-200LR Auckland to Doha

Yes exactly right. Fuel top up for a few days due shortages in AKL

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RE: Qantas 747SP´s - Weird Routes Near The End?

Flew Perth to Africa quite often also and then on to Sydney each way

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RE: Emirates Reduces Perth

With the upgrade of 420/421 to 388 and 424/425 from 77L to 77W what is the actual net loss of seats per day with the removal of 422/423? Still a very healthy number of daily seats. I don't think Adelaide could sustain double daily services and still deliver a yield in answer to above question.<br><b...

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RE: Malaysia Airlines MH17 Crashes In Ukraine Part 8

For those who have a bit of incident management background will agree that Shot down is the major contributing factor/cause. Crash is the final outcome/consequence. Let's not get all <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</acronym> in a serious thread like this any...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 80

Visitors to Perth will now notice the A380 gate has the bridges installed. Once the new EK lounges are complete Marchish next year expect one of the 3-4 daily Perth flights to be 388.

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RE: Emirates Expand A380 For Summer 2014

Perth A380 gate now has the bridges installed and will be ready for use around March once the new <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> lounges are finished. <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> have been wanting to 380 one of the 3-4 daily flights to...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 80

Scoot Perth flight times and days

Perth – Singapore 1930, arriving 0040 Saturday
Singapore-Perth 1250, arriving 1820

They fly Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 80

Not sure if it has been mentioned in the past but Scoot are starting Perth services effective DEC12. Will be up for sale in the next few days.

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RE: Qantas Launching Perth-Auckland

Being a West Australian & working in mining oil & gas myself I work directly with a load of Kiwis who work a week on week off roster. Any more competition on the direct Perth - Auckland route is music to their ears. Trying to minimise their transit time they are notnterested in connecting fl...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread Part 73

VH-EBS was in Perth today.

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RE: When Did 10 Abreast 777 Become Standard?

Living in Perth we have 777 options galore daily from Perth-Asia & the Middle East connecting to the USA/Europe. I go out of my way to fly Qatar on the way to Europe purely for the fact that they have 9 abreast 77L/Winstead of 10 like <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 67

As a perthian <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> will get the nod for me on flighs to Europe. 9 abreast in their 777's versus 10 for Ek certainly can make it a bit more comfortable in cattle. Amazing what a bit of marketing can do for <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acr...

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RE: QF A380 Rejected Takeoff LAX

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Fuling" class="quote" target="_blank">Fuling</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Couldn't agree mo...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 66

Qatar daily 787 Perth-Doha is now bookable on the airlines website for services from Feb 1.

[Edited 2012-12-13 02:55:16]

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 65

Working in Mining/Oil & Gas myself it is no secret their is a large legion of Kiwi's that I work with in certain fields in particular who travel back to <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> every break on the <acronym title="Air New Zealand">NZ</acronym> 777 service. <acronym title="Air...

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RE: Australian Aviation Thread # 65

The worst keep secret has been confirmed by a Emirates Country manager. Emirates are ready to start daily A380 services to Perth the second the currently under construction A380 gate is finished next year. Likely to replace only one of the 3 daily 777's at this stage providing a major capacity boost...

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RE: Only 747 Aus Domestic Service To End, Any More?

No need to jump the gun. It returns in January. Demand for business travellers is down due to summer Christmas holiday season.

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RE: VH-OEB/C/D - Delivery Configuration

OEB is in better condition than C&D was. The <acronym title="Trans Asia Airways (Taiwan)">GE</acronym> powered machines are better for the Pacific runs than the <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym>'s so she fits in with <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym>'s...

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RE: QF & EK Announcement - 10am Aest 6/9/12

In terms of the double daily <acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>-<acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym> services industry rumour looks like...

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RE: QF32 By Richard De Crespigny - Any News

I bought this on ibooks and read cover to cover in a few days not a bad read at all.

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RE: Perth Getting Closer To A Regular A380 Service

<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/cedarjet" class="quote" target="_blank">cedarjet</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>(Out of curiosity, do <acronym title="Emir...

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RE: Perth Getting Closer To A Regular A380 Service

Perth-Singapore is a 5.5 hour flight although doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things its still a short flight. I would agree that EK would be most likely.

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Perth Getting Closer To A Regular A380 Service

With <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> recently announcing they are going to 4 x daily 777 Perth - Singapore services and <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> soon to go 3 x daily 777 Perth-Dubai along with <acronym title="Cathay Pacific (China-Hong Kong)">CX<...

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RE: NZ Upgrades AKL-PER To 772

In actual fact AKL-PER is one of Air NZ's most profitable routes.

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RE: CX171/170 HKG To PER And Return

Hi Toby, Correct, obviously also with no curfew the airlines can choose anytime they like to coincide with connecting flights onto Europe etc. If it was on a curfew like most of the other big international terminals (Syd,Mel,Bne) all the traffic would be within a 12 hour period during the day instea...

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RE: CX171/170 HKG To PER And Return

Toby25 here is a live departures board for Perth will give you a idea of the Airlines and frequency of flights from the international terminal. Has been Australias highest growth airport for the last few years. In regional,domestic & international flights. <a href="http://www.perthairport.com/de...

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RE: CX171/170 HKG To PER And Return

Qf fly 3 times weekly PER-HKG-PER using 333's.

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RE: Which Is Your Favourite City In The World?

Perth, Australia. By the population increase % this place is experiencing it seems the world is catching on about this great place.

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RE: Qantas 707 VH-XBA & Dublin Spotters.

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RE: Mickey Bednar (AirNikon) Passed Away

Johan et al,

RIP to AirNikon.

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RE: Why El Al Can't Order The 787s Already?

Good evening EL-EL et al,

Regarding EL AL I most certainly agree it would be good to see them buy the 787 et al.

Cheers

Tim

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FIFA World Cup Day 10 (Jun 18) - Predictions

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RE: Qantas Skybed: PER-SIN In Business Class

A nice report! Doing that flight very shortly and in J. I was wasting some f/flyer points before May 25!

Cheers

Tim

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Number 1 Qantas Fan In The World! The Winner Is...

The number 1 Qantas fan in the worlds living area: <a href="http://www.vpmag.com/yssy/viewtopic.php?t=10977" target=_blank>http://www.vpmag.com/yssy/viewtopic.php?t=10977</a> Picture here: <a href="http://www.rwy34.com/search/bigpic.php?id=4757" target=_blank> <a href="http://www.rwy34.com/search/bi...

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RE: Hotels At Heathrow Airport

Go for the Ibis. Ask for a room with a airport view. It was a awesome experience.

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RE: The Mothman Prophecies

I thought it was crappy. to slow and boring

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RE: Ever Been On A Cruise?

Yes I have been on the Superstar Gemini in 1998

Loved it

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RE: What Was Your First Pic On A.net?

This was my first and my also my only pic in the database! It has over 4500 hits since feb 2002! <br><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/218711/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/218711/M/" target="_blank">View Medium<br><IMG...

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RE: Computer Speakers

Try to get either Boston Acoustics or BOSE. They are easily the best in the business. Worth paying a little extra for.

Tim

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RE: Favourite Movie

Rush hour 1 &2

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RE: Chevrolet Or Ford?

Ford!

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RE: So How About The Most Beautiful Aussie State?

I would say QLD or WA

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RE: What Kind Of Home Theater System Do You Have?

Sound is a mixture of BOSE, BOSTON ACOUSTICS & YAMAHA. Panasonic Widescreen TV.

DVD player is a Panasonic.

I cannot reccomend BOSE & Boston Acoustics more highly for sound! They sh$t on all the other sound brands!

Tim

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