Why is the CNS international lounge only being opened for SQ flights, and not other international flights ex-CNS, e.g. NZ's AKL ones? https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/cairns-airport-international-singapore-airlines-lounge Air NZ hasn't offered lounge access in CNS for years. Maybe a lack of ...
Jump to postIt is completely ridiculous to claim that any of the pre-war airlines have any meaningful connection to BOAC and BEA, let alone to BA which was a new corporate entity created in the 1970s. Why is Speedbird BA's callsign? From the BOAC Speedbird logo. I believe it was BOAC's callsign for that reason...
Jump to postRyanairGuru wrote:It is completely ridiculous to claim that any of the pre-war airlines have any meaningful connection to BOAC and BEA, let alone to BA which was a new corporate entity created in the 1970s.
One of those only in the NT aviation stories with a... um... happy ending? An Arafura Piper PA32 made an emergency landing on the nudist section of Darwin's Casuarina Beach. The aircraft was extracted from some boggy sand, repaired and took off before the tide returned. Great effort by all involved ...
Jump to postI'm a frequent Australian based traveller who usually flies to WLG on QF. I often fly J. My most common payment for J is upgrades. J fares can be high on point to point, but connections often see great deals. It was cheaper for me to fly WLG-SYD-ASP in J than WLG-SYD on the same flight. Split cabin ...
Jump to postPurple of QF 737 flights, no video demo just an audio recording, did the new safety video get so much backlash they had to pull it? Or a CASA issue? Or just a change in approach, seemed a bit low cost tbh. Not that I need a video, but was a brand difference to VA/JQ showing a bit more effort. I hav...
Jump to postPurple of QF 737 flights, no video demo just an audio recording, did the new safety video get so much backlash they had to pull it? Or a CASA issue? Or just a change in approach, seemed a bit low cost tbh. Not that I need a video, but was a brand difference to VA/JQ showing a bit more effort. I hav...
Jump to postHasn't there been 1 crew for J on the 737s for quite some years dating back to pre-covid? On the Jetconnect 738 Tasman flights, the service up front used to start with 2. The cabin manager would do an introduction, hand out arrival cards and do a pre-meal drinks round by hand before handing over to...
Jump to postI was genuinely confused why some posters thought there needed to be three flight attendants. One in Business and one in Economy works fine. It’s probably a higher workload for the flight attendant in Economy, but Qantas have shown time and again that they don’t give a hoot what their employees thi...
Jump to postOn International e.g BNE-WLG, how is the onboard soft product for J? I believe they still only operate with 2 cabin crew on the Tasman? surely the service in J, must take a hit? With Y getting a meal service. I couldn't currently give an answer, however with my mother due to fly this route on Tuead...
Jump to postNot a criticism of either city - more a reflection that the best QF can muster is a wetleased e190 with no WiFi, streaming, or IFE. I would still expect QF group could muster some form of ADL-SIN connection. They used to run 330s from ADL. I’m normally a defender of QF - but ADL they can do better,...
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 posthttps://www.nationaltribune.com.au/qantas-to-take-off-from-top-end-to-singapore/ QF starting DRW-SIN in Dec 2024 Does anyone else operate the E190 into SIN? not that i could think off. Crazy routing but in theory you could probably now travel WLG-BNE-DRW-SIN on a E190, but think you'll get stuck in...
Jump to posthttps://www.nationaltribune.com.au/qantas-to-take-off-from-top-end-to-singapore/ QF starting DRW-SIN in Dec 2024 They announced and then revoked this 2(?) years ago, I'm not sure why, intuitively it should be successful. The most bizarre thing I see is the massive time gap between announcement &...
Jump to postInteresting to note that QF1864 MEL-DRW has been making a fuel stop in ASP the past few days. A friend of mine was on it the other night and lots of bags left behind too. Clearly pushing the E190 to its extremes on this route. DRW is isolated, with few alternates which are quite distant. When these...
Jump to postCairns Airport will likely be closed all week. The entire area from the airport to Ellis Beach is set to become part of the ocean. Very concerning week ahead. The rain isn’t forecast to slow down until later tomorrow. Looks like about half dozen jets at Cairns that might be sent to the water heaven...
Jump to postOn the previously supplied ABC link which is being updated live, the Cairns Airport CEO has confirmed the levee intended to protect the airport from the Barron River has been breached. I have visited that part of the airport and it's about 8ft high. (My estimate). Access to Cairns is now limited to ...
Jump to postThe situation up north in Cairns is not good. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/far-north-queensland-flooding-tropical-cyclone-jasper/103238820 CNS airport is now closed and flooding. Machans Beach, which runs parallel to the runway has been subject to evacuation orders. Weather sites I follow ...
Jump to postHere's a lovely story from ABC Darwin about the next generation of pilots. I'm sharing as, one morning, it was a delight hearing CJ's ABC radio interview about her acceptance to the pilot academy. She was asked on the show about another topic, but when it let slip that CJ had only just found out she...
Jump to postBasically my two bookings are identical in the Qantas booking page, and there’s no way for me to check whether it’s actually been ticketed or not. Qantas uses Amadeus which has an advantage in that the PNR can be viewed outside the QF system. I often check details like ticket numbers or non Amadeus...
Jump to postDoesn’t matter to them if they’re all losing goodwill, what else are locals gonna do drive? Take the train? Thanks, your point highlights the fact people truly get stranded up here when airlines fail to deliver. Sadly the loss of goodwill has gone from a brand being unreliable to the whole industry...
Jump to postDoesn’t matter to them if they’re all losing goodwill, what else are locals gonna do drive? Take the train? Thanks, your point highlights the fact people truly get stranded up here when airlines fail to deliver. Sadly the loss of goodwill has gone from a brand being unreliable to the whole industry...
Jump to postVA cabin crew have voted to strike over Xmas. It looks like a miserable Xmas for some passengers up here in the NT. Firstly Bonza's extremely late notice OOL cancellation; now this. For context, in the lead up to Xmas it's almost impossible to get oneway fares below $1000 per person to southern port...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] I wonder how many of the respondents to this thread are actually pilots? I suspect very few. 25 hrs is an overkill. 25 hrs is not overkill if gate to gate coverage is required for ultra long haul. I've spent 18hrs on nonstop Australia-UK flights. There are similar sector lengths from...
Jump to postInteresting to see China Eastern has so many aircraft available for extra services, unless its the same aircraft doing both PER and CNS. Out of interest - does Cairns airport have 6 international aerobridges? For 7 or 8 international flights a day? I read the international terminal is getting a rev...
Jump to postThere's talk of changing cabotage laws, especially post-pandemic, but I don't think we'll see it happen any time soon. Qantas would lobby very hard against it. Interestingly, New Zealand is the only country we have exchanged cabotage rights with, so they are free to operate domestic services here. ...
Jump to postHats off. Despite other behaviours, you can't disagree they do a good job with the indigenous liveries. No doubt though this will generate its fair share of blow back - you can paint a place but can't give me my credits back etc sort of stuff. Sadly, some comments are worse than disgruntled custome...
Jump to postChipmunk1973 wrote:Firstly, I'm wondering how much of a weight saving there is to be gained by the removal of the IFE? Realistically, how much more range could be gained?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-06/ ... /103068408
Sydney Airport's new flyover is named after pioneering female pilot, Debbie Lawrie.
I suspect a rebranding and new uniforms will be a part of the “new” QF. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a new livery as well when the A350s come online. A new livery was rolled out back in 2016-2017 for the 787 EIS and they have not even finished rolling this out across the fleet yet so I doubt...
Jump to postDoes anyone know what Pionair do? Their E190-E2 seems to have spent the last month or so flying pretty actively a variety of routes between Sydney, Cairns, Melbourne and Ayers Rock. They don’t carry any regular airline flight numbers to be a wet lease. I used to live in Cairns. Pre COVID there was ...
Jump to postAs a back of the envelope calculation, I'd think of a 789 refit going from something like: 42J/28W/166Y (236) to maybe something like 36J/21W/200Y (257). So for all intents and purposes it's an A332 replacement but with a premium economy cabin. Even if you had to block off 20 seats, you're still mo...
Jump to postWith talk of Air France / KLM group becoming part owners of SAS (and changing to Skyteam) this may bring SK back to being a QF partner? Probably doesn't add a huge amount new options for QF FF's but all helps. Recently did KL and AF flights in Y as QF Gold which they both gave me Sky Priority which...
Jump to postQantas will be operating two repatriation flights from Tel Aviv to London on Friday. More may follow. I presume it will use the aircraft on the LHR downtime and include London based crew. Safe travels to those in Qantas who are stepping up to support stranded Australians at this time. https://www.th...
Jump to postDo QF flights operated by Alliance earn less status/FF points domestically within Australia compared to an actual QF flight operated by QF? Reason I'm asking is the new QF operated by Alliance BNE-WLG flights earn rates are significantly less than what you'd get between MEL/SYD-WLG for example, so ...
Jump to postThe airport description is key at time of booking. That is the time when most confusion happens, not at the airport. At the airport; those flying British Airways to Heathrow won't be congregating at the gate for the EasyJet flight to Gatwick. By that stage of the journey the key infomation match tha...
Jump to postWho knows when it will be resolved… is anyone able to calculate the added distance of avoiding Russian Airspace? I think for prestige QF would have wanted to launch LHR first, whilst finishing still big links for Aussie, more so than JFK - but we will so. 2025 seems a long way a way, it soon enough...
Jump to postWho knows when it will be resolved… is anyone able to calculate the added distance of avoiding Russian Airspace? I think for prestige QF would have wanted to launch LHR first, whilst finishing still big links for Aussie, more so than JFK - but we will so. 2025 seems a long way a way, it soon enough...
Jump to postI was on NZ2 to JFK a week or so ago and was intrigued to follow how the planned flight routing changed en route. Where you look at the inflight map or a website like flight radar? Often I've found that that these tools simply take the shortest distance from the aircraft's current location. The pro...
Jump to postI was on NZ2 to JFK a week or so ago and was intrigued to follow how the planned flight routing changed en route. When we took off, it appeared that the plan was to overfly Tijuana in far north Mexico. That intrigued me for a start because the A-Net conventional wisdom appears to be that airlines a...
Jump to postJesus. Have you ever heard an announcement from any Australian airline saying they're oversold and offering people $500 to go on a later flight. No. This practice doesn't happen that often in Australia. What probably does happen is that there may be some convenient cancellations. When I was in Cair...
Jump to postJust reading another a.net thread about overbooking in the US Domestic market which is still rife across all carriers and results in often ridiculous compensation payouts... why don't we see this phenomenon in Australia? If VA or QF were offering 4 digit cash payouts to take a slightly later flight...
Jump to postOne observation about Batik's PER-AKL flight. Although it's a new brand to NZ, it's a well established airline in PER. Bali is only 3.5 hrs from PER. PER-DPS is one of the busier international routes from Australia. It's served up to 8 times daily: 2 flights are on Lionair group. Batik should easily...
Jump to postDRW is also a transcontinental route. Excluding SYD or BNE and as measured in kms, DRW is actually farther than PER from the other capitals. I am actually wondering how the A220 will fit into transcontinental flying. The reason is economy, not J class beds. Let's face it on a daytime flight, will a ...
Jump to postI'm booked on a QF B712 flight next month and it's all economy class. How many B712s are configured this way? I've flown quite a few QF B712 flights and have not seen this config before. QF has installed, removed and reinstalled J since they started 717 ops in 2001. For many years the all Y configu...
Jump to postDarwin Airport is having a unique crocodile-related problem with the new facilities for the amphibious aircraft manufacturing facility based up here. https://www.ntnews.com.au/entertainment/salties-invade-darwin-airport-seaplane-landing-bay-construction-site-forcing-delay/news-story/a150b2f9adface8...
Jump to postDarwin Airport is having a unique crocodile-related problem with the new facilities for the amphibious aircraft manufacturing facility based up here. https://www.ntnews.com.au/entertainment/salties-invade-darwin-airport-seaplane-landing-bay-construction-site-forcing-delay/news-story/a150b2f9adface8f...
Jump to postNZ pilots face tighter border rules in Australia, which has hit NZ's schedules. The airline is ... working to minimise the impact of new rules in Australia requiring crew to get Australian Border Force clearance when doing round-trip flights across the Tasman. They have to get off the aircraft and ...
Jump to postJeez, unless you are a complete airline geek, I cannot see why anyone would fly from the US to AUS via SIN. Thats gotta be adding some major hours to that route. Australia is a big country. It depends which part you are travelling to. I live in Darwin which is Australia’s northernmost city. A DRW-S...
Jump to postOnly really OW feed would be MH, and 3K. Does AA have any JV or expanded agreements in Asia outside of Oneworld? QF does have a big frequent flyer base in SIN, so they may preference AA over SQ to the Us also. Doesn't AA have an alliance with Indigo for the Indian market? SIN offers a viable connec...
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