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- Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Josh Cahill banned from QR after posting negative review
- Replies: 114
- Views: 15951
Re: Josh Cahill banned from QR after posting negative review
Josh 1 QR 0 on this. Whatever opinion one may have of Josh is irrelevant here, QR should have just ignored it completely. This is not how you deal with any bad PR. If anything, this makes it worse! Pity the crew who ended up getting the sack over this, just shows what a draconian company this airlin...
Jump to post- Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:54 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - November 2023
- Replies: 631
- Views: 77668
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - November 2023
QF has found a unique way to get around the at capacity Australia-Indonesia bilateral. It has applied to the IASC for JQ to launch: CNS-MEL-DPS from 1 May 2024. Daily. ADL-PER-DPS from 1 August 2024. 3x weekly. Both on 321LRs. Cairns to Bali via Mel. Lol. The QF group playing the same sneaky tricks...
Jump to post- Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:29 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Singapore Airlines announces Brussels nonstop
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7057
Re: Singapore Airlines announces Brussels nonstop
Great to see SQ back in Brussels and getting back to pre-covid capacity.
However I doubt any one will be using this service to connect to China and Japan. What an out of the way trek that will be!
- Thu Sep 07, 2023 2:31 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2023
- Replies: 616
- Views: 87313
At once a week it was bound to be a dud, good to see them focus on SGN-MEL which goes from 2 to 3 weekly. Overall, same capacity into MEL.
myki wrote:QH dropping MEL-HAN in October. Too many players in the market now?
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230904-qhnw23lh
At once a week it was bound to be a dud, good to see them focus on SGN-MEL which goes from 2 to 3 weekly. Overall, same capacity into MEL. Jump to post
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 5:12 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2023
- Replies: 776
- Views: 114359
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2023
South African is currently planning to resume PER by end of the year. Initial plans were to resume next month however due to aircraft availability issues it has now been pushed out to end of the year https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/saa-aims-for-long-haul-return-by-year-end-sets-sights-on-aircra...
Jump to post- Mon Jun 05, 2023 4:12 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2023
- Replies: 776
- Views: 114359
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2023
QR have been engaged in political manoeuvring for many years, and it's not only related to Western Sydney Airport. They are competing with EK and (well, to a lesser extent) EY who share a weekly allocation of something like 156 frequencies, whereas QR now has 28 available to them for the same airpo...
Jump to post- Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:35 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Niugini to replace 767s, 737s and Fokker fleet
- Replies: 66
- Views: 18784
Re: Air Niugini to replace 767s, 737s and Fokker fleet
Re POM being a transit point: There was a time, many many years back, when NZ, CX and PX had a tripartite route AKL-POM-HKG. Operation alternated (by season?) between NZ and CX. Does anybody recall whether PX operated it was well? I think it would have been with 707s if they did. PX definitely did ...
Jump to post- Sun Jul 24, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022
- Replies: 358
- Views: 67593
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2022
I just took the NZ AKL-HBA flight today and was surprised that on arrival we had to walk the length of the terminal outside to the tiny immigration hall that was not large enough to accommodate all the pax on the 80% full A321 that was used today. What happens when it rains? Do people have to walk ...
Jump to post- Tue Sep 28, 2021 3:26 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Oman Air intends to apply for Oneworld membership
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10331
Re: Oman Air intends to apply for Oneworld membership
Tbh I am surprised Star Alliance never courted WY, given they have a big gap in the Gulf region. I would have thought WY would have been a perfect choice for Star Alliance, its only other member in the region being Egypt Air. (and doesn't LH codeshare with WY?) But either way, WY is a great addition...
Jump to post- Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:52 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Europe 2018 Part 5 - From Top of the world back down under: SK/QF the Quokka route.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4040
Re: Europe 2018 Part 5 - From Top of the world back down under: SK/QF the Quokka route.
Cool trip report! That's quite a journey from Alta to Brisbane! Nice to see travel from pre-Covid times.
I love the SAS breakfast box design and the quirky riddles they have on napkins etc.
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 1:44 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Flyr's inagural flight - June 30th '21 OSL-TOS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4569
Re: Flyr's inagural flight - June 30th '21 OSL-TOS
Great trip report. You covered it well! Good luck to Flyr. I do like their tail logo.
Jump to post- Sun Jun 06, 2021 1:34 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation Thread - June 2021
- Replies: 324
- Views: 38105
Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - June 2021
Perhaps DRW to NZ and return was a stronger market 30 years ago than it is today. But the route was combined with TSV back then. There are much more options today for the NZ-DRW market compared to 30 years ago. Yes, DRW is a very small market compared to others, but today there are multiple daily f...
Jump to post- Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread- February 2021
- Replies: 196
- Views: 33759
Re: Australian Aviation Thread- February 2021
REX has reduced the frequency on SYD-MEL next week with 1 737 operating 3 return services, it will be reduced to 2 daily on launch day, REX is blaming the recent lockdown for staff being in quarantine, not sure I entirely believe that https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/rex-cuts-sydney-melbourn...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:23 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7235
Re: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
SurlyBonds, yes I am well aware of what the population of Dhaka is thank you very much, having been to Bangladesh on 2 occasions (Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna). Would you have been happier if i made the comparison between Dhaka-Dambury? Something tells me not. And what has skin colour got to do wit...
Jump to post- Tue Oct 06, 2020 1:21 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7235
Re: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
Great news! Bring on those Chittagong-Chattanooga codeshares !! You realize, of course, that Dhaka is a global beta-minus city with a population of almost 9 million people? Memphis is a "gamma" city, and Nashville a "sufficiency" city. Chattanooga does not make the list of globa...
Jump to post- Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7235
Re: U.S. - Bangladesh Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement
Great news! Bring on those Chittagong-Chattanooga codeshares !!
Jump to post- Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:48 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Singapore to Munich by Singapore Airlines A350-900
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7810
Re: Singapore to Munich by Singapore Airlines A350-900
Great report and photography. It's a nice walk down memory lane, hoping once again Changi will return to its former glory as a cool transit hub. Particularly like the wing tip photography over Germany.
Jump to post- Tue Apr 07, 2020 2:19 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: Japanese Hospitality to Japan: ANA MNL-NRT in Economy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4340
Re: Japanese Hospitality to Japan: ANA MNL-NRT in Economy
What a fantastic report on what sounds like a fantastic flight.
Japanese Airlines are always impressive no matter what class you are travelling in.
Given these times of isolation, it was so enjoyable to read this, especially given I was in Japan in November (flying JAL Melbourne-Narita-Helsinki).
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: LY testing Melbourne flights
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9364
Re: LY testing Melbourne flights
An already suffering Cathay Pacific is now going to be suffering a lot more if this becomes permanent.
Jump to post- Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:56 pm
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: Airlines and Routes from the old Dhahran Airport
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3755
Re: Airlines and Routes from the old Dhahran Airport
At some point in the 80s I clearly remember: Singapore Airlines flying 747s on a Singapore-Bombay-Dhahran and Singapore-Karachi-Dhahran routing. Airlanka flying a weekly Tristar service from Colombo. and during some point it was a weekly Colombo-Dhahran-Rome-Frankfurt routing ( most likely no 5th fr...
Jump to post- Fri May 10, 2019 3:50 am
- Forum: Travel, Polls & Preferences
- Topic: When Did Emirates Start Serving Australia?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3543
Re: When Did Emirates Start Serving Australia?
Emirates first flew to Melbourne in Australia back in 1996, and the service was : Dubai - Jakarta - Melbourne with A310-300. With the delivery of the Boeing 777-200s they then served: Dubai - Singapore - Melbourne 3 Weekly B777-200 Sydney services were inaugurated in 1999 operating: Dubai - Singapo...
Jump to post- Sun May 05, 2019 4:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10555
Re: Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000
I feels that number could be a lot higher if this ground situation in Sri Lanka cannot be swiftly resolved. UL should perhaps focus on being a 5th freedom carrier like they did years ago. Feel so sorry for Sri Lanka, it came so far and for this to suddenly be taken away like that. Solidarity with th...
Jump to post- Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:25 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Pakistan International Airlines to discontinue decades-old 5th freedom route on PEK-TYO
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1379
Re: Pakistan International Airlines to discontinue decades-old 5th freedom route on PEK-TYO
That’s sad 
I remember in the 80s when PK flew a cool milk run as Karachi-Bangkok-Manila-Tokyo as well.
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Emirates A380 to Amman.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5544
Re: Emirates A380 to Amman.
London and Paris as popular connections for Jordanians via Dubai?!
I’d understand if there were no flights between Amman and Europe, but flying some 2-3 hours in the wrong direction (only to almost fly over Jordan again) is just ridiculous.
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:10 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - August 2018
- Replies: 660
- Views: 78691
That's interesting. I wonder how they will provision a sterile area for border control/security for this.
qf789 wrote:MEL airport is exploring the idea of swing gates
https://twitter.com/AusAirports/status/ ... 5957253120
That's interesting. I wonder how they will provision a sterile area for border control/security for this. Jump to post
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:07 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New QR Route Thread
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4286
Re: New QR Route Thread
I can see Longyearbyen being next announced by the man himself.
Jokes aside, one destination I feel they could add is Surabaya. Currently none of the ME3 serve Indonesia’s 2nd largest city . Quite surprising really.
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:41 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - August 2018
- Replies: 660
- Views: 78691
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - August 2018
An interesting development - WA and PER officials will be in India this week, to convince airlines to start direct flights to PER. Specifically on the trip, there'll be: - Tourism Minister, Paul Papalia - Perth Airport CEO, Kevin Brown - Tourism WA’s aviation adviser, Andrew McEvoy In their sights ...
Jump to post- Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:22 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Italian Government lobbying for direct QF PER-FCO
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6899
Re: Italian Government lobbying for direct QF PER-FCO
I love the way diplomats and ambassadors just mouth off their wish lists like this. I’m sure the Canadian ambassador to Vietnam is pushing for a Kamloops-Danang link too.... Back to the point, the only possibility of QF ever returning to Rome will be from the east coast. Also, it will need a codesha...
Jump to post- Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:12 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Why Qatar Airways didn't get slot increase in Canada like Emirates and Etihad?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3734
Re: Why Qatar Airways didn't get slot increase in Canada like Emirates and Etihad?
Because Qatar is Qatar and UAE is UAE. Two different countries.
I’m sure Canada/Qatar will pursue any bilateral changes of their own as and when they feel the need to.
- Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:58 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2018
- Replies: 641
- Views: 72082
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - July 2018
The hysteria and mayhem over Perth losing a flight for about 6 weeks is ridiculous. You guys do realise this is impacting some 95% of the entire EK network and not just Perth. The way it’s being discussed is a typical Perth attitude. Where only Perth, and only Perth exists.
Jump to post- Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:34 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: WOW Air appears to be axing TLV
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6859
Re: WOW Air appears to be axing TLV
It made no sense really, flying a small airbus 321 on such a local distance and having it on the ground for such a long time. If the yield was mega amazing I get it, but I doubt that was ever the case. Or if it was a larger airbus 330 for economies of scale it could’ve worked.
Jump to post- Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Delta to ban pit bulls as service or emotional support
- Replies: 78
- Views: 8418
Re: Delta to ban pit bulls as service or emotional support
This sort of nonsense of having an emotional support animal/puppet/blow up doll/chandelier can only happen in America . I just don’t get it. In all of my 35 plus years of travelling as an adult around the world (Europe, Asia, Australasia primarily ) I have never seen nor heard of this situation occu...
Jump to post- Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2018
- Replies: 482
- Views: 53647
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - June 2018
According to Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam, the airline is looking at flying to MEL via BKK, SIN or SEZ. In a related news, Ethiopian is planning to connect Africa with Australia by air transport. On the sidelines of the 74th Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transp...
Jump to post- Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:39 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Unbearable stench from passenger causes emergency landing
- Replies: 67
- Views: 17288
Re: Unbearable stench from passenger causes emergency landing
These passengers must have been booked on the codeshare flight number offered by SCAT.
Jump to post- Thu Mar 08, 2018 6:59 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Man sues for mental anguish after flight lands at wrong airport
- Replies: 51
- Views: 10321
Re: Man sues for mental anguish after flight lands at wrong airport
Only in America.
Enough said...
- Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:21 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: UAE bans Tunisian females/EK flights banned/EK bans females from Tunisia
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13563
Re: UAE bans Tunisian females/EK flights banned/EK bans females from Tunisia
dz09 wrote:this has to do with curbing prostitution in the UAE especially during new years celebrations. the ban is temporary.
On that logic alone Emirates/Flydubai should end all
services to Russia and Eastern Europe! Jump to post
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: A long report on the longest flight in the world - Business Class on Qatar's 777-200LR Auckland to Doha
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29865
Re: A long report on the longest flight in the world - Business Class on Qatar's 777-200LR Auckland to Doha
Great report. Great photos! Always wanted to know what the world's longest flight was like!
Ignore certain comments about your report looking a little old. It's not the case at all.
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
- Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:44 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation Thread - October 2017
- Replies: 448
- Views: 38800
Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - October 2017
Well I never saw this coming. Emirates will can all remaining Australia-AKL A380 services, leaving it with a sole DXB-AKL non-stop service. Looks like the QF/EK tie up is getting a lot loser now. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11931831 So AKL goes from having...
Jump to post- Thu Sep 28, 2017 3:11 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2017
- Replies: 395
- Views: 43968
Re: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2017
WA government is on a charm offensive to get new flights into the West. Talks next month with JAL and ANA to get direct services and talks with Garuda to try and get daily Perth-Jakarta flights. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/wa-government-bids-to-get-more-direct-flights-from-asian-destinations-to-...
Jump to post- Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation Thread - September 2017
- Replies: 281
- Views: 30561
Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - September 2017
On another note, what is the international line up at CHC this summer? Is it: CZ - 788 daily EK - A388 daily CI - A333 4x weekly via ? SQ - 772 daily FJ ? 738 VA ? 738 QF ? 738 Anything missing? CX A350 3x weekly NZ 789 for PER Potentially OZ 772 if their charters were to go ahead CI is via MEL Is ...
Jump to post- Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:19 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Hawaiian Airlines to expand AKL service
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2855
Re: Hawaiian Airlines to expand AKL service
Smart movie really considering that both UA and AA will be offline during the winter months from March onwards. This displaced capacity will be picked up by Hawainn Airlines to some extent. Hopefuly they will go daily in the not too distant future.
Jump to post- Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:42 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Air Austral to purchase and manage Air Madagascar for 10-years
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3880
Re: Air Austral to purchase and manage Air Madagascar for 10-years
Bombay? Jeez, I can see why Air Madagascar is at a loss if it still thinks the year is 1996 or something !! 
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:28 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Could Fiji Airways become the Icelandair in the South Pacific?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 11196
Re: Could Fiji Airways become the Icelandair in the South Pacific?
I think the main reason that FJ could never be an FI is because Fiji is very much isolated from the mass population centres that Iceland is lucky to be in the middle of. Aust/NZ with some 30ish million people one one side, and North America some 10ish hours away on the other. Not really going to wor...
Jump to post- Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:33 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Rumour: SAS to fly to AKL ?!
- Replies: 70
- Views: 10954
Re: Rumour: SAS to fly to AKL ?!
It's always amusing when staff (who are more likely to be from an outsourced agent than the airline itself) who really don't have confirmed facts casually throw out chinese whispers as "news". Zero chance of this ever happening. Heck, SAS cant even get Singapore or Bangkok to work for them...
Jump to post- Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:29 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Qantas to start seasonal SYD-KIX
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3529
Re: Qantas to start seasonal SYD-KIX
waoz1 wrote:Missing the market in WA, 89 Japanese companies in Perth alone. No direct flights :/
I knew it wouldn't be too long before someone came up with the standard "What about Perth?" card.... Jump to post
- Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:24 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation Thread - April 2017
- Replies: 225
- Views: 24601
Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - April 2017
Does anyone on the group have a sense of how Singapore are going with their Capital Connection between Wellington/Canberra/Singapore? Speaking for myself based upon one flight I took on Good friday CBR-WLG, the entire plane was 100% full. I was in business class and it was chockers. From what I not...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:01 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation - March 2017
- Replies: 216
- Views: 23639
Re: New Zealand Aviation - March 2017
BA yes good point. TG never served CHC AFAIK, rumoured several times though. I'm pretty sure they did operate 1x weekly BKK-CHC-AKL for a short period with a DC10, but it didn't last long at all. It was I think some time in the late '80s. Having said that, I'm open to correction, even though it's q...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:04 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Australian Aviation - March 2017
- Replies: 237
- Views: 32549
Re: Australian Aviation - March 2017
SQ reviewing Canberra-Wellington http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-21/singapore-airlines-announce-review-of-canberra-route/8371370 Hmm, that article seems to provide no real sway as to what SQ's intentions are, and given the service is not even 6 months old, I think it is too premature to make any...
Jump to post- Thu Mar 02, 2017 2:05 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: CX to start Christchurch, New Zealand
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4052
Re: CX to start Christchurch, New Zealand
This is great news. And should be no a brainer. I can easily see the initial season being extended for another month or so atleast. Having this service go year round should happen sooner rather than later, I think.
Jump to post- Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:11 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: New Zealand Aviation Thread 185
- Replies: 263
- Views: 27121
Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread 185
Mr Gardermoen, what we need is a copy of Gardermoen, I think a Gardermoen like concept would be perfect for Auckland, it's one of my favourit airports, apart from the expensive food and the long walk to the infamous Gate 19 it's just about perfect. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d...
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