If EK are wanting an A380 replacement maybe they can start an aerospace R&D company in Dubai, hire the right people to start designing, developing and building their own aircraft for their specific needs post current A380 retirements
Jump to postCairns - first widebody in 20 years - 5x weekly Slight correction - the new 359 service will be 4x weekly only, versus the current 5x weekly 738 one. I wonder what drove this move? Perhaps cargo? Not forgetting SQ sent their A359 to CNS during Queensland's pandemic lockdowns due to cargo demand, an...
Jump to postNot forgetting VA's services CNS-HND initially ran with a heavily restricted 737-700 to enable them to make the run no stops (-VBY and -VBZ), so that would be a contributing factor to their initial low load factor on the route prior to the Max being delivered and replacing their -700's
Jump to postWhat about the option of CNS for QR? Inboond tourism is there - SQ going to the A359 next year, JQ and rhe 788 to Japan. Perhaps with an intermediatory stopover in Asian to capture some of the inbound tourism market? Even Townsville has a larger populatiom tnan Toowoomba and can maybe capture some m...
Jump to postSQ had widebody (A359) service to CNS during the peak of the pandemic international lockdowns. Admittedly it was primarily a freight service but it was an A359 in passenger configuration
Jump to postIf CNS-HND is successful for VA, could we potentially see more Max routes into Asia from CNS? Could be opportune to utilise CNS for some inbound tourism while offering connections to the major centres of BNE, SYD, MEL, ADL and PER.
Jump to postAs per the usual January thread what’s everyone’s predictions for the year Will be interesting to see how Bonza go, I’m not confident in the business model, happen to be proven wrong! VA float, maybe mid year, by year end we may see an adjustment in focus Introduction/announcement of a few new more...
Jump to postIsn’t the current form of VA part owned by the Qld State Government? About 20% but could be wrong - maybe this also had a part in the decision making for state government subsidy for VA on the CNS-HND route?
Jump to postmyki wrote:SQ are showing CNS and DRW a little extra love come July 2023 ...
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220929-sqns23
qf789 wrote:The first JQ A321neoLR is set to be delivered tomorrow and will position XFW-BOM-PER-MEL
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1669583 ... 190999110/
As has been discussed on previous forums, this will drastically reduce flight times from TLV to India, Thailand, and will open up new markets such as SIN, MNL, and MEL. Oman has already opened up its airspace a few years ago, so this is a big deal. Not forgetting flights from TLV to SIN need approv...
Jump to postSQ restarting SIN-CNS next month. Good to see for the region. No mention of SIN-DRW though, maybe saving that for a separate announcement to keep the good news stories coming. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/singapore-airlines-restarts-cairns-flights Well there we go https://mainlymiles.com...
Jump to postQantas wants to serve India post-COVID Source: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-india-flights IF this happens, and with BNE-BOM (or was it DEL???) being one of the higher demanding routes not being served pre-COVID, could it be from BNE perhaps? Seeming to recall it was initially no s...
Jump to postHow would the maintenance costs of an E190 compare to the F100? Both are comparatively sized aircraft, could the E190 be cheaper for maintenance and have better availability and supply of spare parts?
Jump to postWhy would EY want to invest in other airlines when pretty much all their previous airline investments have failed?
Jump to postI remember the QF A332 doing AKL-LAX. Of course AA is now covering AKL-LAX on a 789. I think its time for QF to launch SYD-ICN or SYD-BOM. BKK, SIN, CGK, DPS, HKG, PVG & NRT/HND are already covered. Perhaps testing the waters by sending JQ to ICN to start with? Has already been announced - JQ49...
Jump to postflyingisthebest wrote:I would like to see them do Jakarta to Brisbane as it’s a route currently unserved directly and should be doable with a MAX when they come back online.
Another one they could do is AKL-DPS as it’s currently only Air NZ on it.
EK reports they are dropping BNE-SIN due to significant losses on the route. Actions like this don’t normally indicate the capacity needs to be replaced. The 77W may well have been overkill on the route, particularly with a distinct lack of connections in Singapore. Coupled with a potential lack of...
Jump to postThey left BOM in 2011 or so. On the outbound the A330 stopped at Cairns or Darwin IIRC. Will they ever return? In the meantime, AI has begun DEL-MEL and DEL-SYD. It originally had a stop in DRW, but in the later days it was via Singapore. The SIN-BOM leg had the QF52 flight number, which continued ...
Jump to postI also don’t understand using BNE. I’m sure the QLD government and BNE airport are paying a pretty penny. However, they don’t use A330s on BNE-PER so it’ll be interesting how they rotate aircraft. If they pull it off MEL/SYD-HKG, well the HKG situation couldn’t come at a worse time. I doubt many ai...
Jump to postIs AC limited by the bilaterals on their YVR-MEL route? I seem to recall it was an issue when MEL was opened for them as both SYD and BNE are daily. Unless I’m mistaken and the bilaterals were never an issue or haven’t been updated to allow YVR-MEL to go daily The 2015 amended agreement appears to ...
Jump to postIs AC limited by the bilaterals on their YVR-MEL route? I seem to recall it was an issue when MEL was opened for them as both SYD and BNE are daily. Unless I’m mistaken and the bilaterals were never an issue or haven’t been updated to allow YVR-MEL to go daily
Jump to postInteresting perspective here about the increase prices. Actually I have noticed that LAX-SYD/MEL on UA lately have been cheaper than 5 years ago with 747 - I can find around $500-600 roundtrip compare with $1500 in 2014. There is now a lot more competition on the LAX-SYD route with UA, AA, DL, QF a...
Jump to postCould AirNorth be considering the E190 to compliment their E170’s?
Jump to postCan somebody explain how Qantas is supposed to launch all these new routes while at the same time replacing 9 747s with only 6 787s? QF have ordered 14 in total, so an easy replacement. QF15/16 has already swapped to the 789, while QF have added an extra 3-4x weekly BNE-LAX-BNE as QF55/56 depending...
Jump to postNo empathy for these people - they choose to live near an airport and very likely moved to their current address with full knowledge of the airport and associated noise that goes with it. If they don’t want the noise then it’s a simple decision to move where they reside to one less noisy and not nea...
Jump to postPanzerPowner wrote:c933103 wrote:I'd say the upper echelon of air travel is Boeing there. Except for ANA A321 NEO. But the LCC market is almost exclusively A320 in Japan.Japan and Boeing?
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FA9295 wrote:I think SYD-SEA/YVR has been mentioned before; I'm not sure if that's even realistic at all, though...
Thai Airways BKK-BNE still at 4 weekly for NW18/19 however 788 will be replaced by 772 https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280981/malaysia-airlines-w18-international-changes-as-of-11oct18/ Wow, they've gone from twice daily a couple of months ago (unsure if still double-daily?) to les...
Jump to postAir Niugini have issued a press release on Facebook indicating it landed short of the runway.
https://www.facebook.com/88806860236/po ... 708720237/
Did I miss an announcement that Qantas will launch PER-LAX, or is this just normal, lousy reporting from The West Australian and Geoffrey Thomas? https://thewest.com.au/news/aviation/pictured-boeing-777x-which-will-fly-non-stop-from-perth-to-los-angeles-ng-b88961669z Both I’d say - it’s poorly writ...
Jump to postWill be interesting to know it is considered “QF’s most profitable route”. Is it maybe profit per flight operated; profit per passenger; profit per week; profit per month; or some kind of other way of measuring profitability?
Jump to postI agree. I don’t think the extended range a321 is going to be the game changer in the ANZ market that people think it’s going to be. It will enable DPS to go single aisle, thus removing the need for an expensive wide body on the route from the east coast. But what else will it enable? All thIt migh...
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 postCebu might be a new destination coming for Australia. Cebu-Mactan airport chasing BNE flights and may be launched soon. https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-business/2018/07/24/1836284/mcia-operator-works-more-direct-flights Obvious airlines to narrow it down to are PR and 5J. Any options as t...
Jump to postI wonder if EK is also looking at reshuffling the BNE schedule. At the moment their three daily departures from BNE are at 2100, 2350 and 0235. I’m of the opinion EK need to retime EK435 for a mid morning departure, roughly 9-10am. Saves the 77W/A380 (depends on the time of the year) sitting on the...
Jump to postoskarclare wrote:Looking forward to BR 789's in BNE and hopefully increasing to daily.
Why 24 weekly fights out of SFO? There is no way this city has that much demand to SIN. Additionally, SIN is geographically a very poor place to connect from anywhere in NA. I feel like this is becoming an arms race between UA and SQ. Not forgetting the demand from connecting pax - not all the dema...
Jump to postLA s 787 SCL to AKL/SYD service is even worse in terms of risk. Half way between there really is no place to land. No Shemya island to land your 777 at and no Azores to glide your A330 to. 330 minutes can get very long. I believe the Arctic Pacific/south polar route should not be allowed to be flow...
Jump to postHopefully it doesn’t end up with KQ and/or the Kenyan government deciding to stop other airlines flying into NBO, let alone jacking up airport usage fees for airlines other than KQ. Maybe the Kenyan government should also look at geting a Kenyan based aviation fuel company merged into KQ for cheap o...
Jump to postSounds oddly like an ex partner of mine, who was apparently such a nervous flyer he'd already be dosed up on valium and drunk to the hilt before he would even step onto the aircraft, except with much worse grammar. As a "nervous flyer", maybe you need look at either moving to a city where ...
Jump to postabrelosojos wrote:Can someone educate me on why Townsville has no real internal service?
Saludos,
Alex
CZ is starting to really do well on BNE. They are averring around 14500 passengers per month. A second daily must really be on the cards especially in Summer. Its one of Brisbane's strongest international routes. 14,500 arrivals per month for CZ into BNE would mean a load factor of over 150% as the...
Jump to postCZ is starting to really do well on BNE. They are averring around 14500 passengers per month. A second daily must really be on the cards especially in Summer. Its one of Brisbane's strongest international routes. 14,500 arrivals per month for CZ into BNE would mean a load factor of over 150% as the...
Jump to postWhen I used to commute to China regularly, it was hard to get anywhere other than Hong Kong (even Beijing had limited connections), now I can basically choose any secondary city and get there direct. I'm surprised many of the routes exist even with the very high level of inbound tourism - Melbourne...
Jump to postDid EK forget their cargo/freight division, Skycargo?
Jump to postIf AirAsia can put nine across seating in an aircraft where every one else has eight across, an AirAsia 787 order could revolve around a paradigm shifting ten across seating configuration. I am not too sure of many passengers who would be pleased with that. Uh, Lion Air, Air Caraibes, Air Tansat, t...
Jump to postI'm not convinced WTB is well placed to serve as a compelling International SEQ gateway. Even from Ipswich CBD, OOL is only marginally further than WTB. The further east from Ipswich CBD you go the closer to OOL you get. If D7 want better coverage of SEQ without actually flying to BNE. They would b...
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