Does anyone have any indication on how VJ is going on their SGN-PER-ADL flights? I still can’t believe anyone in their right mind would book the route through to Adelaide… the schedule, notably the redeye on the domestic sector, would be enough to drive me insane. We only have the first month of da...
Jump to postpilot320 wrote:Batik Air flights from DPS to ADL and v.v. aren't bookable anymore; and I failed to find any news about it.
pilot320 wrote:Batik Air flights from DPS to ADL and v.v. aren't bookable anymore; and I failed to find any news about it.
I would be really shocked if that represents a particularly large pool of potential passengers given how expensive flights are between the east coast and Perth, meaning on QF etc the connection will almost certainly be cheaper, but I suppose some really cost conscious passenger might do something l...
Jump to postSpeaking of 3K, their latest A320 delivery 9V-JSX (ex Scoot), has been painted in the "older" Jetstar livery, rather than the orange tail version the A321s for JQ and GK have been arriving in. Given how infrequently Jetstar as a brand repaints their aircraft, thought it was interesting th...
Jump to postiv. Though QF's A330 fleet does not have a premium economy cabin, one does expect QF's B781 fleet to have one on board considering that the B789 of theirs already does. I'm not sure why one would expect that. If this is indeed the A330 replacement order, I would be VERY surprised to see a W cabin. ...
Jump to postAny updates concerning ex-VA VH-VPD which diverted DRW enroute to DOH on the 17th of February? Check out playback of VH-VPD on Flightradar24. https://fr24.com/data/aircraft/vh-vpd#2f3a0770 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yeh I flew out of DRW last week and wondered what it was doing there - coul...
Jump to postI wonder if VA is still planning to make changes to their CNS schedules. Currently they don't have any early morning flights from CNS to SYD or MEL, with first flights of the day both departing at 10:45am. It won't be ideal for connections considering the 4h30m transit time. On the topic of VA and ...
Jump to postI am very disappointed with the initial Australian government response that has been reported, it should have been is the mother and baby in good health, is the mother Australian, if she is, can we provide consular assistance and let her family in Australian know she is doing well. It's telling tha...
Jump to postI am stunned at some of the posts on here defending the Qatari's actions. I find some of the responses quite repulsive. There were many other ways of handling this matter, but what has been reported to have happened to these women is barbaric, if this was my daughter or wife I would be absolutely li...
Jump to postChipmunk1973 wrote:
Isn’t Tiger an SQ brand? Do they have to pay a license fee to SQ for using it like they have to pay Richard Branson a fee for using the Virgin label?
Now we know Virgin will be flying again, what is going to happen to Tiger, will they leave Australia all together, or fly under another ownership, or is there a future for Tiger in Australia? Tiger Airways Australia is 100% owned by Virgin, and Bain have already said they don't see a future for the...
Jump to postSA is a mendicant state relying on significant cross-subsidisation from other states particularly NSW, Victoria and WA. Its economy and state revenues rely on GST revenues and therefore economic activity in the donor states. I’m not quite sure what the point of this comment was, other than to be pu...
Jump to postThe dangers of opening the borders were highlighted yesterday with the first Covid-19 case in SA in almost a month - an overseas traveller. A person who is not a resident of South Australia (or Australia), flew into Victoria from the UK and was supposed to spend 14 days in quarantine. She spent les...
Jump to postNo wonder the REX chairman was trying to talk down VA2 last week. He was probably hoping to get access to infrastructure such as gates, ground equipment at cheap cost and a revived VA will deny him a lat of that. Interesting you say that, I thought exactly the same thing. When I read the comments f...
Jump to postI have a question for everyone. If you were in Scurrah/Deloitte shoes, which direction would you take? Refocus on the core aspects of the business. Go back to a hybrid carrier that it was as Virgin Blue not Qantas lite which John Borghetti tried to turn it into when he got passed over for the top j...
Jump to postI'm stunned by the unwillingness of the Australian government to help Virgin. Ease up. The Virgin Australia board of directors have a net worth of $7 billion. They simply do not want to tap into their personal wealth. Good riddance I say. Australia has the biggest COVID19 assistance package per hea...
Jump to postJB started with a mandate to take a low cost, low CASM airline up market and increase yield. AJ started with a high cost airline with a mandate to reduce costs but protect market share. Who would you predict would have succeeded The share price is obviously the ultimate arbiter.. and while tough to...
Jump to postNZ might of just finally got there dreams to start an Australian domestic airline, just 30 years later an two failed airlines later.... If VA was to stop flying, I wonder if in the short term they make an bid for say the mining contracts. As has been explained by many in the Australian Aviation thr...
Jump to postA denial of funding for VA will also mean the government is locking itself out of funding QF down the track so should QF ultimately need funding it would have to be on different terms, most probably the forced divestment of Jetstar which may also partly overcome the monopoly issue. Thats a good poi...
Jump to postI read yesterday that the bonds issued to underwrite the Velocity acquisition had an interested rate of 8%. That blew my mind. I know that VAH had a poor credit rating, but I am astounded that they issued high interest "junk bonds" to acquire a non-core asset, exposing the already cash-dt...
Jump to postAviator34ID wrote:cam747 wrote:ArtV wrote:A QF domestic monopoly is good for no one, including Qantas.
But is maintaining the duopoly worth $5 billion of taxpayers' money? ($1.4 b to VA and equivalent treatment to QF).
This talk about appointing an Administrator, and then the process to restructure can be swift, ignores the ability for secured creditors to appoint a Receiver to protect their assets, leaving an empty shell with debt....unless all parties play nice. It gets very complicated, hence the government in...
Jump to postA VA replacement may not necessarily be called 'Virgin' for that matter. For example, If Westfarmers made a 'bid' for a post-administration 'Virgin Australia' identity, it's likely Westfarmers will brand the airline something else so they don't have to pay the bearded bloke licensing fees. Some pai...
Jump to postYes I have seen the news, the Government has refused to inject money into VA, lots and lots of talk about VA gong under, but do you think they rely will go bust and never fly again? Do you rely think that the Government would QF be the only airline where you can bet QF will charge like a wounded bu...
Jump to postWith regards to the perilous state that VA are currently in, could they use aircraft that are more focussed on freight at this point in time? I realise that complex freight agreements cannot be drawn on a whim, but after having read today that Aussie seafood merchants were hoping to get their expor...
Jump to postTough times ahead for VA as bonds slump, and shares fall further to a all time low of 10 cents. With shareholders either on the brink of liquidation (HNA) or still in debt (EY) or hands-off and considering selling (SQ, Nanshan). It's not expected that they will help. Source: https://www.afr.com/mar...
Jump to postThe Board would have acted on the advice given to them by management. You know what happened next? Luxon left and VA had to put a hand out to another investor because none of their shareholders were prepared to give management another cent. So when you say "next" that was actually three y...
Jump to postHas the value of VFF more than doubled during that time? I think not. It goes to show JB did not extract enough value out of Affinity when it initially sold the 35%. The valuation of VFF would be based on an earnings multiple. I don't have EBIT figures for VFF going back to 2014, but the revenue fo...
Jump to postStill it's a bitter pill and showcases how bad JB was for VA. I mean, paying $700M for something you sold $335M a few years before doesn't look good. It's rarely that simple. 35% of VFF is still 35%, Velocity is just double the value it was in 2014. I don't know the intricacies of the deal with Aff...
Jump to postTN486T wrote:Hmmmm, just a thought. QF's investment in Alliance now seems a "master stroke", especially if VA disappears. LOL
The only thing more predictable than Virgin positing an annual loss, is the queue of the same a.net users who come out to stick the boot in, pedal wild conspiracy theories about JB’s boardroom antics, and yearn for the airline to change back to Virgin Blue.
Jump to postUnlikely to happen, however I argue Boeing 737 Max 8/10 is not suitable for VA for commercial reasons: 1. MAX does not have sufficient range to Asia, even VA gets them, they cannot fly far 2. MAX has small cargo hold and holds too little passengers that they won't achieve as many benefits as Airbus...
Jump to postThe article states its not a viable service, and I can't find any published load factor statistics. Only a guess but AAL said the airline had flown "over 10,000" passengers on the route so far. Don’t know if that means total return pax or total single journeys. Assuming it’s been operatin...
Jump to postSurely ADL will get the 78J? SQ’s 350s are quite premium heavy. SQ are about to take delivery of some 'regionally' configured A350's with just J & Y. So I'm assuming it will be one of the first of these that will service ADL. Im sure AusBT will be onto it with the details after its announced to...
Jump to postI can't provide a link or source yet, but SQ having a 'big' announcement at ADL today. Rumour is they are upgrading their daily service to an A350 from December. As a frequent user of this service it will be a welcome upgrade in product for ADL.
Jump to postWas singapore flying the 340 out of ADL. Was my first flight on a jet. QF used a 330 on Syd-adl-sin-adl-syd. Its is why QF will not do international out of Adelaide. The market is too small, and its easier to fly though MEL or SYD if you want to fly on QF metal. SQ retired their A343’s by 2003, I t...
Jump to postAlan Joyce has reported today at the sidelines of the QF group results PER-LHR is recording high load factors of 92% across all classes while premium cabins are at 94%, making it the most profitable route for QF, the average loaf factor across the network is just over 80%. I’m glad the route is wor...
Jump to postCraigAnderson wrote:https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sq215 shows SQ215 as being an A333 in the past but notes it changes to a 772 from March 1
Yes but the SQ215/216 is the one being swapped to the 787-10 (replacing an A330 not a 777). No, oskarclare is correct. 215/16 is currently a 772 service, not A333. SQ215/216 is currently an A333 service Where are you getting that info from? I just booked SQ flights out of PER last week so I studi...
Jump to postThey were talking about SQ225/224 flight, SQ225 being a red eye from SIN, morning flight from PER Yes but the SQ215/216 is the one being swapped to the 787-10 (replacing an A330 not a 777). No, oskarclare is correct. 215/16 is currently a 772 service, not A333. My point was I would have preferred...
Jump to postThe new 787-10 flights are available for booking from the 9th May 2018 on the SQ215/216 service. What a great upgrade for the people of Perth from the 777-200ER! The refurbished 772ER's are actually much nicer in J than their A333's. IMO it would have been better if they had replaced the overnight ...
Jump to postOne of the most fascinating and interesting TRs I've read on this forum. Great photos too. Thanks for your efforts.
Jump to postThe irony is that some of VA's 777's which fly their long-haul international (and hence in theory should command a higher premium) still have the old business product installed, whilst their A330's with their shiny new seats are plying the no longer lucrative PER-east coast markets. Are you sure th...
Jump to postThe end of this year?? I thought it was the end of 2018? If that's true, I'd better hurry up and book a sector on one! Yep I thought it was 2018 too but they confirmed in the ASX release today - whole fleet to be retired by the end of this year :( http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/camtraveller...
Jump to postI'm starting to think that VA needs to become a high-utlisation 737/330 only fleet. Ditch the 190s, send the AT72s to REX or the like and do a franchise agreement, concentrate on 738s (including to some regional destinations) and 330s for transcon/peak time SYD/MEL/BNE and offpeak/weekend leaisure ...
Jump to postWouldn't this kill off the outbound pax traffic ex ADL? Why use QR and go via MEL when you can go on EK direct to DXB and have similar connections to Europe? . Time will tell, but yeah I think you're right, it will kill the Adelaide outbound, unless there's significant discounting. And if the ADL o...
Jump to postThumbs up from me too! I have flown GOL and really like them, but thought the current livery a bit dated. Reminds me of that horrible mistral font that came with Windows that everyone used in the 90s. This is a great refresh. Hey EasyJet - that's how you do a classy modern re-brand using the colour ...
Jump to postLooks like a good start to <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym>'s Adelaide service. Article in Adelaide magazine InDaily today: "Dubai-based airline Emirates says it couldn’t be happier with the first six months of its Adelaide operations, with passenger loads running almost...
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