At this stage (and I want to stress 'at this stage') the "QF209" is operating up to and inclusive to 15APR. All PAx that were on the QF9 have been rebooked to the QF209 via SIN. QF209 is not picking up pax from SIN, it will be a 'splash and dash and clean and cater' in SIN only. To meet t...
Jump to postDoesn’t look like it’s “winds” after all… QF9 cancelled again today and replaced with QF209 - operating a MEL-PER-SIN-LHR routing. I would assume QF is being extra cautious, and for good reason. This won’t be sustainable in the long term though - a suspension of the nonstop will be imminent if the ...
Jump to postAnyone know why BA15 today would take such an interesting route enroute to Sydney? They've basically headed down to Perth before heading across to Sydney compared to QF2 or SQ221 from Singapore also taking what seems to be the normal route angled across Australia? Winds, perhaps? That's all I can t...
Jump to postThe European flights from the ME could go south and through Egypt. The problem for the ME flights are the long flights to the USA. The diversion could push some of them beyond the aircraft range. In theory, the Asian flights could go through the stans and then Baku, but only if you’re willing to fly...
Jump to postI'd be looking to fly the long way round to Europe from Sydney
Jump to postqf789 wrote:Today marks 6 years since the first PER-LHR flight took off
MEL T2 Arrivals is pretty dire and it is hard to see how it can be fixed short of starting again. I had always hoped that MEL would bit the bullet and merge T2 and T3 as a completely new international terminal with VA moving into the planned T5 south of T4 but it looks like that is off the agenda n...
Jump to postIt’s frustrating the differences in security screening across major ports in Australia. I’ve been flying around the last couple of weeks for work - more than usual - and this has given me a better opportunity to assess the screening aspect. Take T3 SYD for example. Nothing has to come out of your b...
Jump to postThe State of Queensland and Delta joint presser announcing the AAIF funding arrangement. Presser mentions the AAIF also funds BNE-SFO (UA) and BNE-DFW (AA). https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99779 It's an election year in Qld. The Government would fund a cane toad race if they thought there ...
Jump to postDelta now throwing their hat in the ring for BNE. Very interesting seeing the ramp up of seasonal flights to BNE by the big US 3 over the last 12 months. https://news.delta.com/delta-brisbane-bound-brand-new-flight-lax That is interesting. I probably expected DL in MEL rather than BNE. I tend to re...
Jump to postI agree it doesn't make much sense to have the XLRs in a configuration that only really suits domestic and short haul international like Trans Tasman/DPS/NAN. Although I wouldn't put it past management to think they can get away with sending them to S.E.A and punters will choose them based on "...
Jump to postIt's good to see the A220 cabin finally unveiled - now I can talk about my experience with it! The aircraft was delivered with different J class seat covers but was re-worked not so long ago. The delay to unveiling it was attributed to this plus some other parts that were late from cabin suppliers....
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 postDoes anybody know why VH-EBB operating QF780 (PER-MEL) last night took 2 hours longer than usual to operate the route with a route plan that shows it headed north-east just about to Mount Isa before heading south to MEL? https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/qf780#34013057 https://www.3aw.com....
Jump to postThese are two totally separate strategic decisions for VA. The MAX10 is critical to ensuring that they don't fall behind CASM gains that QF/JQ will make as they upsize to A321s. Bringing in widebodies doesn't help them domestically, especially given QF seems likely to head in the other direction re...
Jump to postI have a photo from 2013 of a special offer at Newcastle airport. You could buy a breakfast roll and a pint for £6. Firstly I was shocked at the price, but secondly that they were advertising a breakfast item with a beer. I looked around that morning and there were pints of beer everywhere. It was 9...
Jump to postWhy didn't the airport talk with the operator about extending the operation hour? The rail was built and is operated by the State Government. They know how important mining is to the State and the volume of traffic going through the airport. Therefore there must be some other reason. I've heard its...
Jump to postQantas has announced Andrew Glance will replace Olivia Wirth as Head of Qantas Loyalty. Glance has been with QF for 20 years principally in finance roles. Mr Glance promises enhancements to the FF scheme which is probably a reason to be very afraid because most of QF's previous enhancements have on...
Jump to postdredgy wrote:anstar wrote:Looks like a 3am arrival into SIN then a 1020am departure to IST... thats not a great layover!
They would have to be very very cheap for me to consider that.
There is no doubt the various unions will target QF in the next year or so. QF has established a network of subsidiaries during the AJ regime solely for the purpose of avoiding legacy enterprise agreements. These structures are exactly what the Same-Job, Same-Pay legislation was targetted at. Get t...
Jump to postBe a fascinating case study if same job same pay comes to fruition…. And QF consolidate their subsidiaries, and maybe even bring 220 into mainline (wasn’t that long ago shorthaul has 733 and 734) - How much management duplication and complexity is removed, and how much of a cost saving their comple...
Jump to postWhy on Earth would Qantas paint their Link branded aircraft a different colour? So long as the average passenger see the red tail and a jet aircraft they won’t discern between that and a mainline aircraft, which is great from the QF perspective. Hopefully the subsidiary airlines continue to grow ke...
Jump to postProblem is that a large part of the high fares is the airport charges in WA - which Rex and Bonza would not be excluded from I don’t know the Perth area well, but is there another airport near by PER? That could be a LCC carrier hub? Plans were afoot a few years ago for Cunderdin airport but that f...
Jump to postThe great failure of public Transporation is the lack of nodal connections. The guru orchestral book Pattern Language discusses this in its early chapters. SeaTac has light rail at the airport, but still about 1/4 of a mile walk to the terminal. There is major rail service between Seattle and Portl...
Jump to postThe great failure of public Transporation is the lack of nodal connections. The guru orchestral book Pattern Language discusses this in its early chapters. SeaTac has light rail at the airport, but still about 1/4 of a mile walk to the terminal. There is major rail service between Seattle and Portl...
Jump to postI am loving my new found relationship with SQ after over a decade with QF. Multiple flights from Perth to depart / arrive. Multiple ports in Europe/USA to arrive /depart. And super quick connections in Changi without all the glitz and bling of DXB or hassle of SYD. And to think … if QF hadn't wante...
Jump to postInteresting, but not surprising to read of the dominance of Australian connections for SQ's LON services, with SYD, MEL, BNE and PER in the top five, along with DPS. I thought KUL and CGK might have featured. Good to see them holding their own against the ME3 and QF. https://mainlymiles.com/2024/01...
Jump to postAfter a decade of loyalty to QF, I’ve switched my flying to Virgin and Singapore. The premium QF wanted for poor service, cancelled flights, etc just wasn’t worth it. I’m debating moving the credit cards too as finding reward seats is like looking for unicorns. The virgin/star alliance thing is anno...
Jump to post“The art of taxation consists of plucking the goose so as to obtain the most feathers with the least hissing.”
Jump to postInteresting that their return routing to Sydney overflew BNE rather than a more direct slightly westerly route as per most CNS-SYD flights. Looking at FR24 data, QF59 has had terrible OTP the past few weeks! I just flew on QF59 not long ago and it was quite chaotic because it was assigned a remote ...
Jump to postdavidjohnson6 wrote:gregpodpl wrote:B777LRF wrote:He’s not the bloke to build a 3rd runway at Heathrow.
What about building the 3rd runway and turning it into a parking?
Why not just sell LHR to Westfield ?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_London
The winds across the Pacific are a killer. It won’t happen with todays planes - unless you want to fly them half empty. PER LHR doesn’t have the same jet stream problem as the pacific flights do. Why is that? Is it a particular weather phenomenon? I'm just generally curious. Like with the AF447 inc...
Jump to postTbh I wonder if they will do AKL-ORD instead now given their recent push in NZ and lack of 787s in BNE, maybe a MEL-AKL-ORD. I don’t think OOL has a long enough runway for a LAX service, personally I would be surprised to see JQ do any US other than HNL, but yes I believe they plan on making the 78...
Jump to postThe qantas argument is pretty weak. Strikes me as “we dunnit, but we need a defence”
Jump to postGetting rid of the A340 seems to have been a real false economy for them and brought the airline to its knees. Glad that they saw sense and got a (newer) A340. I seem to recall the 777 was an interim step for them prior to eventually getting a 787? I guess that idea is dead in the water for the sho...
Jump to postIt appears QF must have had another issue within the A330 fleet. Yesterday's QF37 was delayed over 6 hours with VH-EBA being ferried down from SYD during the evening to operate the service which ended up departing at 11;10PM and arriving into SIN at the far from ideal time of 3:40AM. The return QF3...
Jump to postToday’s QF9 to LHR has been delayed by 3 hrs, wonder if the departure time was pushed back due to the heat and if we will see similar delays over the coming days since the weather here is expected to be around 39-40 degrees till Sunday If those are the temperatures now, what will they be in 1-2 mon...
Jump to postThis was always going to happen once the egos of Luxon and Borghetti were out of the way. They are natural symbiotic partners; the talk that the halfway alliance with QF produced more profits always sounded like BS. I guess the next shoe to fall will be overtures that VA finally join Star; NZ will ...
Jump to postI am surprised he wasted his time with the proposal. It’s extremely unlikely either manufacturer would build an aircraft solely for one customer. And emirates is the only airline that is asking for an a380 replacement.
Jump to postJetstar's 787's will be getting a refresh soon with the addition of crew rest areas. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/jetstar-787-business-class-refurbishment?fbclid=IwAR2xAcdoLD1I8Bp7Tps8Hp_VzMeH2KzwP2a7eTTj0ZODS9tpM922RnLzeXM Oh dear. I have become quite jaded. I didn’t even bother reading...
Jump to postIf I was QF I wouldn't muck around with uniforms and livery until other customer service issues are better progressed. So it probably means QF will muck with uniforms and livery... As the saying goes... lipstick on a :-) A bit harsh, but companies have a history of "look over there" tacti...
Jump to postCOVID credits now at $500 million, down from $750 million at the end of August. Didn’t Alan Joyce and Stephanie Tully say at the senate hearing a few days before the ACCC launched legal action that it was under $500 million. Did they mislead the Senate enquiry? The $500m mentioned by Hudson was the...
Jump to postFascinating, and unexpected.
However, I think it will be good for SAS in the long run to be out from underneath LH's wing.
I still can't get my head around Star without SAS though!
XJ may be able to beat TG onto PER-BKK. However, XJ wasn't able to make MEL work post-COVID and also wasn't able to make BNE work at x3 weekly with assistance before COVID, despite TG pulling back to 4x weekly before eventually pulling BNE during the COVID shutdowns. BKK is traditionally a stronger...
Jump to postUp until the mid 2000s it was quite common for QF international flights to do an extra tag to a larger hub presumably for repositioning, not every day of operation but at least on some days. These were flown from international terminals with the Orange "D" sticker, as described by Chipmun...
Jump to postThey held onto the cash to shore up the balance sheet. They could have refunded every single person by now... one by one by hand if needed... but they didn't WANT to. I would like to see some stronger consumer protection legislation out of all this. They cancel, you are entitled to a full refund, no...
Jump to postOddly this flight is on my bucket list. One to see that part of Canada, but mainly after years of 747 flying across the Atlantic I have this fascination to do it on a 737. I did JetBlue on a320 to Boston and loved it. It's a cozy flight, but get an aisle if you can't get a prefered seat....it can b...
Jump to postOddly this flight is on my bucket list. One to see that part of Canada, but mainly after years of 747 flying across the Atlantic I have this fascination to do it on a 737. I did JetBlue on a320 to Boston and loved it.
Jump to postNAN-PER is too long to be viable as there's no catchment feed beyond PER and no VFR links. Looking at it as two different markets, PER-NAN-Canada/US could work as a hub. Separately, with NAN as a final destination out of PER though, they are competing with the likes of DPS which has around 8 flight...
Jump to postThe cost of fuel is the material input to the equation, not the ambient air temperature.
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