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. Well VJ announced they were cuttin...
Jump to postFollowing Silk Airs suspension of the route, 3K have announced SIN-BME seasonally starting June 25th running until October 26th, 2x weekly.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/ ... /103640242
OTP for February is out Virgin mainline improved to 71.5% for arrivals and 74.1% Qantas mainline was the second worse performing for the month, VARA was the worse, Qantas mainline had 69.9% of flights arrive on time and for departures 71.7% Both Qantas mainline and QantasLink had the highest cancel...
Jump to postGood to see SAA re-jigging its ex-PER departure time for a much more friendly onward connection, to match pretty much its 2019 schedule:
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... hannesburg
VietJet to add 2 weekly HAN-MEL from 3 June 2024 https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/vietjet-melbourne-hanoi?fbclid=IwAR37kJS1bfZEKt5OJGAsw_-RpdRzCzvlIZ0N2Y5BCdFwdiSvcjqJN80gmLw_aem_AXJ-0jaxCn1vX3Vkzx1inQuptNMf6zJzuam_EzOp1Ap6O5iHZ8ZVMQ3KTWh9EKo43hI It’s interesting ET is reporting this given t...
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 postSomething a little different, MinRes has announced direct flights from Brisbane to Wodgina (Pilbara) and their Onslow Iron Ore Project, utilising a lower-density Skytraders A319. Service operates weekly to each, with Wodgina starting 'early February': https://www.mineralresources.com.au/news-media/m...
Jump to post2x A332, 2x A339 and 2x A359. Seems like a strange long haul fleet to have - 6 of one type would for sure be far more logical? Air Mauritius currently owns 4x A359 and 2x A339, with 3 more A359s to be delivered by 2027. The 2x A332 are being leased for 3 years for MK to cater for the increased dema...
Jump to postCouple of Airport predictions - • Announcement of terminal agreement for QF in PER, with opening in 5yrs. Agreement reached for new runway • SYD finally spend some money and invest in SYD, nothing major but will give them another few years holding whilst new CEO develops his strategy •MEL push on e...
Jump to postThe love to PER continues, with TG resuming daily PER-BKK from 31 March 2024 using 788.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231221-tgns24int
Bit of an odd one here and only came it across after looking at reviews for Batik https://thebalisun.com/4-major-airlines-announce-additional-flights-to-bali/ The service from Adelaide means that tourists from eight Australian cities can now fly directly to Bali; Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Gold Coas...
Jump to postLooks like JQ A320 VH-VFY has had a special addition to it extending from the wing to the tail along the fuselage "Flying with Pride". Has been in MEL last couple of days to undergo the new paintwork. Sorry, I don't have a pic, just an observation on Instagram earlier today with someone I ...
Jump to postMU to restart PER-PVG flights for Chinese New Year, 3 weekly between 20th January and 18th February 2024.
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media- ... n-20231124
Jetstar to launch flights from PER to SIN, HKT and BKK in 2024, will also open new base in PER and base 4 aircraft https://newsroom.jetstar.com/jetstar-set-to-expand-perth-network-including-three-new-international-routes/ T1 or T3/4? Surely if it is T3/T4 would they not have the same issues like th...
Jump to postWA Premier on a visit to China, with an aim to reinstate PER-PVG flights with MU. https://thewest.com.au/news/travel/wa-premier-roger-cook-to-push-for-the-reinstatement-of-direct-flights-from-perth-to-shanghai-on-china-visit-c-12518090 Not sure about 'reinstate' as when it operated it was only a tri...
Jump to postPerth is really becoming Australia's gateway to Europe! Awesome work - PER will be a great hub for QF and remember all the naysayers when PER-LHR discussed, now we have LHR,CDG and seasonal FCO. FRA, MAN, ATH (seasonally) next? ATH would be difficult. Although FCO is also primarily tourist traffic,...
Jump to postThe QF 789 schedule turning into a train smash. QF9D that went tech in PER left 26hrs late and diverted to CDG has had its return QF10 cancelled and remains stuck in CDG. The on time QF9 (26th) turned around to operate the QF10D and will arrive into PER about 22hrs late, resulting in yesterdays QF93...
Jump to postMK will operate 1 of 3 weekly MRU-PER flights with the A359 in lieu of the usual A339 for various weeks next year:
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231025-mkns24per
Interestingly a lot of flights are already operated by the A359 and have done for a few weeks.
Vietjet to fly to ADL, not non-stop from SGN, but instead onwards from PER, making for a 5x weekly service from SGN-PER-ADL https://simpleflying.com/vietjet-airbus-a330-tickets-australian-routes/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox-SF&utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=Faceboo...
Jump to post[photoid][/photoid]QF9 domestic sector is being operated by a 738 today. The 787 fleet seems to be in shambles yet again. There have been mass delays and cancellations over the past few days. QF93 is departing almost 6 hours late this evening. Driven by QF10 being 21hrs late out of LHR a couple of ...
Jump to postSomething happening at PER T1 (?), with OD195, TR8, EK420, VA557, NZ173 all queuing on the far southern taxiway near 03 threshold after arrival. Have been there for over an hour. More aircraft on approach, the international arrivals are going to be completely swamped whenever they do arrive at the t...
Jump to postIf PER-JNB returns to QF it’d be an A330 route. Rumblings at the moment indicate PER and QF are making some progress in sorting out their long term issues, the fact each organisation has changed/is imminently changing their CEOs may have some bearing in that development. March next year has been mo...
Jump to postwaoz1 wrote:Bit of a rumour......
Batik... might be adding a 4th destination ex Perth
MU increases MEL-PVG to x10 weekly and SYD-PVG to x11 weekly from early September: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-musep23au TR increasing MEL-SIN to x12 weekly whilst the airline maintains x12 weekly on PER-SIN: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-sqtrnw23 MEL-SIN will have up to 11 servic...
Jump to postJust curious to why CZ and MU have quickly ramped up both SYD and MEL so quickly, even adding back their secondary routes but there’s still no sign of them returning to PER, BNE, ADL this year? Airlineratings.com ran an article in June saying that CZ is also close to announcing the resumption of CA...
Jump to postAir Calin to operate a one off A339 in lieu of the usual A320N on 20th August for NOU-BNE:
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230727-sbaug23bne
waoz1 wrote:CX not only increasing Perth flights but moving to 777s to increase seats
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... ng-flights
CX increasing PER-HKG from 3x weekly to 5x weekly from December 6, as announced on Perth Airports instagram page.
Jump to postLooks like PR are up to something with their PER-MNL flights after some complaints on their Facebook page, with at least two of the three weekly flights are now being routed via DRW.
I suspect the A21N has been pulled and replaced with a A321??
Any news on Nexus? Flights were supposed to commence today, but haven't seen anything yet. Government statement saying its start today: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook-Labor-Government/Western-Australia's-newest-airline-takes-to-the-skies--20230710 Also VH-8XS operated PER-GE...
Jump to postdhcomet wrote:Any idea why QF16 diverted to Noumea on Wednesday? VH-EBN.
Bit of a new one which could be really interesting. A Business class only airline looking to Launch Perth-Male services in the next 12 months. SYD/MEL on the radar after. Got a write up in the SMH https://amp.smh.com.au/traveller/travel-news/a-new-premium-airline-with-all-flat-seats-is-headed-for-a...
Jump to postREX has resumed trading this morning, plunging 14% on the reports of an expected loss of $35m for the FY.
https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com/apima ... a206a39ff4
Citilink commencing PER-DPS and PER-CGK Perth to Jakarta and Bali on Citilink Three times a week CGK - PER - 1845 depart - 000 arrival PER-CGK - 0100 depart - 0435 arrival Daily CGK-DPS-PER CGK-DPS - 2000 depart - 2250 arrival DPS-PER - 0100-0450 PER-DPS-CGK PER-DPS 0700-1045 DPS-CGK-1315-1405 When...
Jump to postThe AFR is reporting that up to an additional 21 weekly QR flights into Australia is on the horizon pending review of the quota by the Transport minister, spelling out specifically BNE, MEL, SYD. https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/minister-could-let-qatar-bust-up-qantas-fare-gouging-20230601-p5...
Jump to postSQ has swapped out its SQ223/SQ214 PER-SIN rotation from A359 to 78X starting May 1, meaning all of its departures are now 78Xs. Adds 34 seats in each direction.
Jump to postJust browsing ANA website and PER-NRT schedule is now showing resuming 28th October - as announced earlier in the year 3x weekly with a 788, but now resuming straight to a daily schedule and upgauged to a 789.
Jump to posthttps://simpleflying.com/nepal-airlines-eyes-sydney-flights/ This should definitely be taken with a pinch of salt, (it's Simple Flying, after all), but Nepal Airlines appear to have secured slots at SYD in anticipation of launching KTM-SIN-SYD flights. Flights would operate twice per week, arriving...
Jump to postWA premier is in talks to help establish a new PER-Sichuan (presumably CTU) route 'soon'. Sorry behind paywall. https://thewest.com.au/politics/mark-mcgowan/wa-premier-mark-mcgowan-working-on-new-10-hour-direct-flight-to-chinas-panda-hotspot-sichuan--c-10403367 Surely establishing other routes - or ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know if a UA 787-9 could make PER-SFO? It has about 20 more seats than the QF 789 that does PER-LHR, its just 150 miles further. Presumably some payload restriction would be needed? Probably more chance of HA starting PER-HNL first and Project Sunrise PER-LAX. They said they were active...
Jump to postAir Asia to commence PER-CGK Lol QF cant do it but Air Asia can It's official - Indonesia AirAsia will be flying non-stop to Jakarta! This morning Perth Airport’s A/CEO Kate Holsgrove, Minister for Tourism Roger Cook, TWA Managing Director Carolyn Turnbull, CEO of Indonesia AirAsia Veranita Yosephi...
Jump to postAir Asia to commence PER-CGK Lol QF cant do it but Air Asia can It's official - Indonesia AirAsia will be flying non-stop to Jakarta! This morning Perth Airport’s A/CEO Kate Holsgrove, Minister for Tourism Roger Cook, TWA Managing Director Carolyn Turnbull, CEO of Indonesia AirAsia Veranita Yosephi...
Jump to postI notice QF43/44 SYD-DPS-SYD has been downgraded to a 738 from a A332, guessing to do this is with seat allocations on Indo services. Looking at the schedules shows there quite a bit of slack in the A332 rotations, especially on weekends. The aircraft that operates QF55/56 sits on the ground in PER...
Jump to postben175 wrote:Is EK still only 1 x daily into PER? Absolutely crazy how they went from having a complete stronghold on that market half a decade ago (was once 3 x daily) to this, especially with the absence of EY.
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A bit of a distraction from the rest of the January discussion however I was interested in the Alliance/Virgin partnership. I'm relocating back to MKY and noticed that the majority of flying from BNE-MKY is now F100's without business class. I appreciate there is a business case for this but was cu...
Jump to postI get why everyone wants more capacity NOW at QF, but they are creaming it with yields on current fleet/schedules, and as their competitors are also grappling with capacity restrictions (tried booking an international flight at short notice....prices are insane compared to pre-covid levels!), QF ha...
Jump to postVA9081 F100 PER-OCM (Boolgeeda) currently circling off the Perth coast straight after takeoff. I don’t have access to squawk codes but is number 1 tracked in the world so assuming some kind of - without putting a media spin on it - emergency. Can a F100 dump fuel or does it have to burn a bit to ge...
Jump to postVA9081 F100 PER-OCM (Boolgeeda) currently circling off the Perth coast straight after takeoff. I don’t have access to squawk codes but is number 1 tracked in the world so assuming some kind of - without putting a media spin on it - emergency.
Jump to postThe extra services don't appear to have been loaded yet... Looks like the end of March From 26MAR QF 077 357 PER 4 SIN 1 1635 2205 0 26MAR23 27OCT23 73H 5:30 QF 078 357 SIN 1 PER 3 2305 0415+1 0 26MAR23 27OCT23 73H 5:10 this is in conjunction with the existing daily flight QF 071 D PER 4 SIN 1 1150...
Jump to postsierrakilo44 wrote:Has the QF PER JNB route been delayed? Meant to start in less than two weeks but flights have suddenly disappeared from the booking system?