VA used to manage a weekly PHE-DPS, I wonder what the prospects of this returning are? Was it even profitable? I seem to recall it operating only on Wednesday. If I remember correctly, I think VA used to shoehorn this flight in between an East Coast DPS rotation. I think it was normally the aircraf...
Jump to postWhich new routes might NTL secure once its terminal is upgraded with border facilities by next year? They claim that NTL has enough demand for double daily flights to SIN (!) - maybe on a SQ 737MAX? Newcastle Airport foresees daily international flights post-upgrade Newcastle Airport could seek dai...
Jump to postHBA ... advertised fares have been comparable with Y fares on most other East Coast-Auckland routes. Really? NZ just launched an Australia sale this morning, and HBA (yes, this is for the direct service, from October), is pricier than most others: Seat only : - SYD: $197 - BNE: $211 - MEL: $216 - O...
Jump to postSQ’s expansion in AU always impresses me - just saw they are adding 4 more weekly flights into BNE. Is Australia their biggest region? Could we ever see them back in CBR, or even OOL would they be too far for a 73M? They were 4x daily to BNE pre pandemic. I would think Australia is their biggest re...
Jump to postRumour from another forum Batik to expand more Perth services Perth-Lombok???? WA is well overdue for a Surabaya service. WA government has been pushing this. Plus Kuching has been mentioned. Re Kuching - MH does have quite a number of 737s on order, wonder if that would PER-KCH (or a return of PER...
Jump to posthttps://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/boeing-crisis-delivers-another-blow-to-virgin-20240314-p5fcjd.html At what point does VA just cancel the order? In the thread related to the 737M10 Production and Certification there is some discussion relating to delivery being deferred to 2027/28. And thi...
Jump to postI had the same thought. It was Qantas that formally invited Malaysia Airlines to join Oneworld and sponsored their admission process. Somewhere between the original proposal and MH actually joining they clearly went cold on the idea. The relationship isn’t just arms-length bordering on disregard (l...
Jump to postI could see QF going to KUL on the A321s in the medium term, as far as a codeshare though, I’d imagine a codeshare to KUL wouldn’t get up, but they might be granted one to selected destinations beyond KUL. I think a similar one exists or existed on CX for destinations beyond HKG.
Jump to postMEL 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 postEY formally pulled out of BNE during Covid lockdowns stating the route was 'no longer viable', and BNE-AUH as a route was rumoured to be underperforming before Covid. But demand has sky-rocketed post-Covid - times change? E.g. pre-Covid, we thought the EY 380s were done for - post-Covid, they've re...
Jump to postIs EY hindered at all by Dubai being a bigger tourist destination than Abu Dhabi, thus making DXB a more attractive hub than AUH? Is my above assumption that Dubai is a bigger tourist destination even correct? I've always thought it is, but would like to know if I'm wrong. DXB would definitely be t...
Jump to posthttps://www.facebook.com/THAICorpCom/posts/pfbid02wnmpKcqy2MpifgTKVnevuKQiNS9hbTvnjPjdUjB6ZgxWoJpQXznhaLzV91EYRsxgl Official TG statement (now in English) regarding recent 787 orders, operational and financial performance, and future fleet plan. -More details for 787 orders will be announced at the...
Jump to postAustralia is getting a huge wave of new routes coming. So I thought to make a list of them just in case some readers have missed some of this info. These have all been recently announced. Some are of course old routes returning. Turkish Airlines Istanbul to Melbourne via SIN Thai Airways Bangkok to...
Jump to postQantas says they will now have 9 A380’s back in service by the end of the year instead of 10 citing supply chain issues As a result the following changes have been made JFK will remain at 4 weekly, though hopeful it can to 6 weekly in October MEL-LAX, A388 will operate 2 weekly with 787-9 operating...
Jump to postThis subject may have been briefly touched on either last month or the month before. With the perpetual delays in the certification of the B737Max10, how much of a headache would this be to VA? I believe, if memory serves correctly, that the original plan was to have it in service by now. However, ...
Jump to postThe 11 frequencies on PER-DPS not operated by LCCs only has 7 of those 11 frequencies equipped with J, the other 4 is the all-Y 737-8 MAX. As stated in a previous post, that airline group will be the only carrier (pre and post-IASC decision) to provide (third party) lounge access in J on those rout...
Jump to postInteresting to see the rumoured AA announcement - if true glad to see AA/QF wake up a bit more to UA/VA. BNE-DFW BNE-ORD MEL-LAX Would make the most sense to me, all three AH hubs connected to DFW, bit of experimentation on ORD, and MEL-LAX consolidate, but maybe free up some QF equipment for elsew...
Jump to postEY was the first to cave when QR arrived with their A380 into the PER market. Then EK scaled back and now one flight. I don't remember what SQ's PER capacity was at the time, but if they also increased flights then that would've also dented EK's ability to fill the 2nd/3rd flight. Of course, there ...
Jump to postIn regards to airlines moving out to WSI, I only see some budget long haul, like Air Asia X moving out of SYD and into WSI as most will probably prefer to use SYD, even though it cost more. The only type of airlines I see fully moving out to WSI will be cargo airlines as having no curfew, lower lan...
Jump to postWSI potentially provides VA or ZL a great opportunity to expand their services from Sydney. QF is notoriously SYD-centric and has a management team more interested in short-term incentive schemes than actual innovation so they will be slow out of the blocks and will probably just leave anything sig...
Jump to postWould.it be fair to say that WSI might be more of an outbound airport, whereas SYD will become a more inbound airport? Might that make a difference as to how they're both set up? I think you might have hit the nail on the head with this one. WSI being the local outbound airport, where as SYD servin...
Jump to postJust a random thought bubble, any thoughts on who the first international carrier at SWI will be that doesn't operate at SYD? I can’t really think of any airline that will fly to WSI that doesn’t already serve SYD. I think within 12-24 months of opening, the only international airlines we will see ...
Jump to postJust a random thought bubble, any thoughts on who the first international carrier at SWI will be that doesn't operate at SYD?
Jump to postVA and FC expanding their relationship outside of the current SYD-CBR https://newsroom.virginaustralia.com/release/virgin-australia-set-increase-regional-network-nearly-half-significant-partnership-expansion#:~:text=Thursday%2C%2018%20January%202024%3A%20Regional,by%20approximately%2045%20per%20cent...
Jump to postFunny to think DRW gets a QF SIN connection before ADL. Wonder if a 321LR in JQs config couldn’t make it to SIN a market builder before the XLR international arrive for QF. Why is it funny? DRW has had a QF group flight to SIN since 1935. ;-) In more recent times, DRW's international connectivity h...
Jump to postThis wouldn't happen - red is Qantas' colour, and if they did change to green for QantasLink it would dilute their brand recognition, from a marketing standpoint that would be a no-no. Whilst true, its also a bit of a non problem here (here being down under). Its not like people are suddenly gonna ...
Jump to postSeems the media has a bit on this flight requests to DPS https://www.news.com.au/travel/qantas-and-virgin-go-head-to-head-over-bali-flights/news-story/8010e4157e5996bc82f21c6a7a50bf90 Virgin has applied for daily Adelaide - Perth - Denpasar as well as Gold Coast - Perth - Denpasar Qantas want to co...
Jump to postSomeone also mused/wondered about CPT-PER- why would they do that- just make pax connect via JNB. I missed this before, but PER-JNB-CPT requires an overnight connection. That’s crazy. Sounds par for the course for SAA... True, clearly no demand or not enough aircraft for them to operate a later con...
Jump to postLooking outside the US, there is/was the Value Alliance in Asia, not sure if it's still going however as their website doesn't seem to work anymore.
Jump to postSimilar topic, when did the VA code become available? Virgin Blue was DJ and they didn’t assume VA until the rebrand in 2011. Not sure of the exact date the switching of codes occurred. I assume the code had been previously allocated at some point as I’d assume Virgin Atlantic would have taken it i...
Jump to postAll this talk about Bonza - wondering if perhaps going trans-Tasman could be another way to build themselves up? Lots of Kiwis want to go to Southern Queensland - including from the regional ports (e.g. DUD-BNE had been served for over two decades until Covid). International ex-MCY is do-able too, ...
Jump to postI could see ZL buying Bonza…. Good way to grow their fleet, and pilots too. Someniche routes which may work well with ZL service….hopefully the AB marketing and branding guys would go over and sort out ZL disaster of brand and marketing - reminds me of a country bus service lol! 5yrs later I see ZL...
Jump to postOn the theme of predictions for 2024: Generally I think there will be more occurring in the second half of 2024 than the first half: QF: pretty quiet first year, think it'll be generally speaking head down, avoiding any bad publicity, and letting the rusted on frequent flyer base and corporate contr...
Jump to postX4A is already en route, current ETA according to QF website is 1148. I think it unwise to suggest on a public forum.... True. My apology. Thanks for the reminder. Too fixated/caught-up on X4A. Scouring for pictures/videos of the arrival. Found this and just thought of sharing. https://www.gettyima...
Jump to postAlso intersting to note the light loads on the VA HND flights..... https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/500-jetstar-passengers-stuck-in-japan-after-jasper-closes-cairns-airport-20231218-p5es67.html You mean to say nearly 8 hours on a narrow body 737 isn't very desirable to passengers? and t...
Jump to postAirbusA322 wrote:Apparently Flonza is good to go now
They're currently at 2x daily 388s and 2x daily 77Ws to LHR. If they want more LON growth, couldn't they go 4x daily 388s instead of needing to launch LGW? They don’t have the spare A380s available, I believe. Can't they take the 388 off of another port that isn't so slot controlled and replace say...
Jump to postAs per Yakamoz from the Turkish Aviation thread, the bilateral has been expanded and I think we'll see the long-rumoured arrival of Turkish Airlines. Interesting, 35 weekly frequencies should be more than enough for the foreseeable future. I think its the first time Western Sydney has been explicit...
Jump to postJetstar PER to SIN, HKT and BKK now on sale From 1 August 24, PER-SIN will start at 3 weekly JQ99 PER-SIN 2355-455+1 247 JQ96 SIN-PER 655-1220 135 Increasing to 6 weekly from 3 September, additional flights on following schedule JQ97 PER-SIN 735-1255 246 JQ98 SIN-PER 1415-1940 246 PER-HKT 4 weekly ...
Jump to postA query that someone might know the answer to - also emphasising that not wanting to kick off a political debate - is there a reason why AYQ is simply known as Ayers Rock Airport with no incorporation of Uluru in the name of the airport? Unless I've missed something, a lot of references to AYQ simp...
Jump to postA query that someone might know the answer to - also emphasising that not wanting to kick off a political debate - is there a reason why AYQ is simply known as Ayers Rock Airport with no incorporation of Uluru in the name of the airport? Unless I've missed something, a lot of references to AYQ simpl...
Jump to postLooking ahead in the medium term, wonder how the Alaskan buying Hawaiian deal (but keeping both brands) is going to look from an AU perspective. AS being in oneworld with QF HA being a codeshare partner of VA As both brands are being retained, the current arrangements could stay as is, however their...
Jump to postThanks for this, is it going to happen to all 738s or is just a trial for VUP? I wonder how they're making space for the extra row of Y... The removal of the cabin divider helps, and I imagine J pitch is going to be reduced a bit too. Maybe they are Modifying their bathrooms? I think they don’t hav...
Jump to postI still dont understand the logic behind QF A321XLRs arriving with short haul cabin. Are they the only airline in the world with a short haul config on an XLR? Why not save money and order the normal NEO for short haul, less to purchase, lower empty weight, not sure if freight capacity is improved,...
Jump to postSpeaking of PER and intl routes, is MH’s PER-BKI completely gone, or simply not returned post Covid. Assumed it was a marginal route, so wouldn’t be a surprise to see it not return. FYI there is a significant Sabah population in PER. When RBA operated into PER there were always a high number of tra...
Jump to postSpeaking of PER and intl routes, is MH’s PER-BKI completely gone, or simply not returned post Covid.
Assumed it was a marginal route, so wouldn’t be a surprise to see it not return.
T1 or T3/4? Surely if it is T3/T4 would they not have the same issues like the QF Perth-Jakarta service? Or there is now an agreement with government to provide services? Plus article says more destinations to be revealed in coming months. Ideas? Great additions! Does 3K alright fly SIN-PER or was ...
Jump to postADL-PER-DPS is at least plausible and for the right price would attract passengers. CNS-MEL-DPS is ridiculous and if Indonesia asked them to explain the routing, how would JQ justify it? be curious as to what time of day that departure from CNS to MEL is, ie is it actually just a sneaky way of offe...
Jump to postADL-PER-DPS is at least plausible and for the right price would attract passengers. CNS-MEL-DPS is ridiculous and if Indonesia asked them to explain the routing, how would JQ justify it? be curious as to what time of day that departure from CNS to MEL is, ie is it actually just a sneaky way of offe...
Jump to postSo the next question, why couldn’t the likes of VietJet carry domestic pax from Perth to Adelaide? They hold a FATAOC, no reason why they couldn’t, it’s in the scope. Holding a FATAOC to operate domestic tag-on's within Australia from an international point of origin doesn't permit a foreign carrie...
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