On a random side note - I recall see a show growing up in the 90s on Heathrow that always featured the Cypris airways rep at LHR - anyone any ideas what it was? That older livery just reminded me of the show
Jump to postMore on JNB and CGK flights from PER CGK has been scrapped JNB will operate from 1 Nov 22 - 25 Mar 23 then be suspended indefinitely Those terminating in PER will be bussed to T1 to clear customs up to 15 Jan 23, from 16 Jan 23 the JNB flight will terminate at T1 instead of T3 PER-SIN which is due ...
Jump to postEBB and EBD may be slated for freighter conversion. I know EBE was definitely getting converted but the plan was for 3 A332P2Fs so maybe these are the other 2. Is there any plans to retire the 767F, or will that hang on after the 330s are delivered? Be interesting to see if one ends up in the AU-Po...
Jump to postHi all, Long time lurker first time poster - While looking through FR24 I've noticed VH-EBB, EBD and QPG haven't flown in quite some time. Does anyone know the status of these frames and what's happening to them? Thank you all :) EBB and EBD may be slated for freighter conversion. I know EBE was de...
Jump to postPosted by an acquaintance on Instagram, seems VA staff are having a Hanger Party in BNE tonight. Aircraft is a 700, not sure on the rego. Any of the new batch of 700s come in yet? Didn’t see a shot of the whole aircraft but the only notable difference seems to be the winglet. Tail and fuselage look...
Jump to postAgreed, and add to that return to service, heavy maintenance and cabin refurbishments. Only once the 10th A380s has returned to service will we really know if retiring the two A380s was premature. Perhaps I am wrong & we won’t know for sure until all 10 A380’s RTS, but in saying that QF do not ...
Jump to postIf one had to join the dots and make a prediction Max8 CNS-HND to secure slot IPO in 2023 with mention of 789s When revenue comes in from float, International expansion with 789s US, HND-BNE plus a few others As more Max 8,9 or 10s come into service, more Asian routes trialled with view to upgradin...
Jump to postVA has posted on their social that 'Wonderful is coming - 23.10.2022'. Is this the event we've been waiting for? Any guesses what's going to happen? Considering the recent Australian Aviation article of Jayne talking about International (Short Haul) expansion, my guess is that it'll be that in comb...
Jump to postAnymore detail on the Virgin Max? Being delivered in Jan which isn’t far away. When is the first Max- 10 due? Wiki has a config of 8/196. Has this been confirmed? Again a great way to add capacity into Golden triangle cheaply. Not to mention DPS if VA can get some more seats allocated. Still hoping...
Jump to postThat’s a shame - wonder what the hold up is? Sounds like ABF, and Biosecurity are unhappy the facilities are handling an increase in volume, or maybe staffing? Hopefully it is resolved soon! QF international flights from T3 would be the SIN departing around 1145 and LHR at 1920. Arrivals from SIN 0...
Jump to postHas the QF PER JNB route been delayed? Meant to start in less than two weeks but flights have suddenly disappeared from the booking system? CGK on ice too https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-suspends-perth-johannesburg-jakarta-flights I admit that when I first saw the delay in these 2 ne...
Jump to postLook at the asian countries that are part of the visa waiver program as potential new destinations. Australia and New Zealand could be other options for expansion - both offer a HA an ability to tap mainland US connecting traffic without significant backtracking (unlike East Asia). CHC in particula...
Jump to postAny new on El Al firming up Melbourne too?
Also hearing rumours of some slight changes for NZ PER…
Last figure I saw was international capacity into AU will hit 60% pre covid come Dec. Lot would be Chinese capacity, so still along way to go. Good luck to all airports winning business back.
GUM should be fine so long as it is only a tech stop, not fifth freedom. HND slots can’t be used for fifth freedom traffic, as they are limited to only origin/destination in the country they were allocated to. A tech stop with no pick-up/set-down is still a flight from A to B. Are pax allowed to de...
Jump to postTalking about that duopoly and profits Qantas announced to the market today they are expecting a $1.2-1.3 billion AUD profit for the first half of this financial year. That’s remarkable because their full year profits for 2017-2019 were only $1.3-1.4 billion, now on track to make almost double that...
Jump to postForgive me if I missed this - UA to go 10-weekly SYD-SFO over high season. 24 flights a week to SYD is impressive. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/united-sydney-san-francisco-flights Between BNE launch, return of MEL, pretty impressive growth for UA/VA. Well done. Does make me wonder how QF ...
Jump to postI've commissioned and been involved in cost effectiveness studies for airports on interventions involving design, passenger flow and accessibility. One thing that has always surprised me is that when we did studies that interviewed people after experiences and we got an idea why people misinterpret...
Jump to postDoes QF still own a chunk of PX? I know when PX was formed back in the early 1970s, ownership was QF/TN/AN and governments of PNG and Australia, but when/how did that change? One would assume it is now fully owned by the PNG Government? According to wiki - In 1976, the government bought out the Qan...
Jump to postPX advertising for 330-200 engineers for POM. I don’t think they do any outsourced engineering work do they? Does POM receive any 330s that could be out sourced too? Although not what the PD states, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/air-niugini_a330-licensed-aircraft-maintenance-engineers-activity-6985...
Jump to postJust an observation, all of the recent security breaches in Australia have all happened at QF-exclusive terminals. I find that very strange, to be completely honest. Maybe QF terminals - but different third party providers at each. All managed by the airport companies not QF. I do feel sorry for QF...
Jump to postMelbourne Airport T1 (QF) has had to be evacuated due to an inadvertent security breach. All passengers and staff including those already boarded on undeparted planes have had to go back landside and be rescreened. Significant delays and cancellations are underway with the knock-on of delays to str...
Jump to postDo AA only have engineers based at LHR?
Are the above and below wing teams all outsourced providers? Is this the same for UA/DL also?
Qantas is adding additional services to HND with the news of Japan opening up fully for Tourists. Brisbane will see 3 weekly service which will now begin on 1Dec. MEL to HND will be starting on March 23 at this stage. https://simpleflying.com/qantas-adding-japan-from-brisbane-sydney-melbourne/ This...
Jump to postQantas is adding additional services to HND with the news of Japan opening up fully for Tourists. Brisbane will see 3 weekly service which will now begin on 1Dec. MEL to HND will be starting on March 23 at this stage. https://simpleflying.com/qantas-adding-japan-from-brisbane-sydney-melbourne/ Are ...
Jump to postPerth Airport rail line opens today after cost blowouts and time delays. The service will run from High Wycombe in Perths east to Claremont in the west. Tickets $5 which is a bargain. Redcliffe station near DFO will service T3/T4 then Perth airport station will service T1/T2 with an above ground wa...
Jump to postHopefully it will give them a chance to do a rebrand with a new livery and logo. Are you insane? (Joke, not really accusing of madness) The kumul (bird of paradise) is emblematic of PNG and it’s airline. Plus it looks smashing. Back to OG post, I think PNG can’t afford new planes so will/should opt...
Jump to postYes, MEL-CGK, MEL-MNL and ADL-SIN are already seen as some of the early routes QF may choose launch once the XLRs arrive. Given it is principally a business route with very low tourists except for a few Indonesians coming to MEL for shopping, I would expect MEL-CGK to be more likely a QF route rath...
Jump to postWould this be handled by a single crew operating the return service? As currently scheduled as a single service per week, I can't imagine GA putting the crew up in a Melbourne hotel for a week. It is good to see them back though and I hope they increase their frequency in the short term. QF are cur...
Jump to postSamer Al Majali, Royal Jordanian CEO, has announced that RJ will order upto 20 A320NEO to replace the current 13 A320s in the fleet and for expansion purposes. So they will replace the A321 with A320neos? That's going against trend I would say. They only have 2 321s. Perhaps a top up order for thes...
Jump to postTake this December coming, JQ increases flying to Japan and adds a new destination all using the existing 787 fleet which can't seem to cope with the current (reduced) schedule. Is that not a recipe for more dramas? It took them weeks to finally stop selling new tickets to Bali to enable stranded p...
Jump to postRex has completed its purchase of National Jet Express (NJE). https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/national-jet-express-to-grow-q400-fleet-as-rex-completes-takeover/150387.article So curious how ZL structure this, I assume they can wrap PelAir into their venture. Press release from ZL is nothing sho...
Jump to postQatar have paused the resumption of CBR services… Qatar Airways cancels Canberra flights (before they take off) Qatar Airways is pulling out of its planned return to Canberra, with the Canberra-Melbourne-Doha route scrapped just days before the first flight was due to take off on Saturday October 1...
Jump to postNews Corp papers are reporting today that both Qantas and Virgin have applied to IASC for the currently unallocated 172 seats a week available for Australia-Bali services. Qantas Group (currently allocated 20076 seats per week) plans to use the seats to give the option to upgrade from 737 to A330 d...
Jump to postWhilst there have been various versions, it is not as if they are so radically different that most people would care or even notice. Even the new livery is just another variation on the original theme. . So why all the changes? Why bother if it doesn't really get noticed by the customer? QF Group h...
Jump to postDoes anyone know when Jetstar repaints are starting into the new livery? I believe you could count the amount of aircraft JQ have repainted on one hand, and still have fingers spare. There’s still plenty of aircraft flying around in the very first original livery which was updated over 14 years ago...
Jump to postQantas Customer Experience Officer Stephanie Tully has been announced as the next Jetstar CEO https://australianaviation.com.au/2022/09/qantas-rewards-customer-chief-with-jetstar-ceo-role/ If recent experience is anything to go by, her idea of customer experience may be more appropriate at Jetstar....
Jump to postThe 77W are getting the same upgrade. So they will be still used on heavy premium routes, 789 on mid, and 321XLR on light. The A321, B737 fleets are just finishing a 4 year new interior project. No chance of anything new there for a decade. For the narrow bodies - Surely they may not require new se...
Jump to postAs an Aussie who has never flown AA - how would these new premium economy seats compare with their current domestic F seats? They look similar to DL’s new domestic F seat. Could we see them added as Domestic F to the narrow bodies? Would they fit in a 737?
Jump to postHey guys. My son is on JQ203 right now, Sydney to Auckland. It took off nearly four hours late from Sydney and has just landed in Christchurch instead of Auckland. The passengers were told that the plane has to wait four hours at Christchurch before taking off again to fly to Auckland… with no expl...
Jump to postIt's official now that Japan is opening up next month, I wonder what Virgin is gonna do with their HND slot. The demand to Japan without surprise will be super high for the rest of the year and I don't see Virgin can start this route anytime soon. Assuming VA hasn't got a waiver extension, the auth...
Jump to postSide note - VA to launch ADL-DPS. Hope it goes well for them!
https://apple.news/A2y-48b5ZRl--_1Gzt6ADfg
I must admit - I love the attention to detail here! Only critique I have is the lack of proper curtains - but I know that’s a US union thing. I just hate light seeping out from a galley or cabin into the cabin when everyone is trying to sleep. But looks like a proper design team did this! Whilst I p...
Jump to postChallenge with all of this is of course QF don’t have the frames for all this flying. And even with the 380s returning, and new 789s - with all their route announcements, they are still pretty tight - especially if HKG, PVG, and PEK return. They have returned to HND from SYD haven't they, but not ME...
Jump to postUnlikely VA will be returning to long haul anytime soon for the foreseeable future, so let's rule them out for now. The longstanding HND slot held by VA is likely to lapse by October (I'm assuming this date hasn't been extended). Unlikely a MEL-Southern Africa will occur for the foreseeable future,...
Jump to postInteresting news indeed - oneworld could do with a Central African airline - although, India, China and South America are also hopes these days. I do note one of the comments on the article- Rwanda squanders around 5% of its annual national budget (equivalent to between 10-15% of foreign aid to Rwan...
Jump to postI wonder if that’s why QF are holding onto placing any top up orders for this to be confirmed! I’m sure they would like this to be a feature of some additional 789, would certainly help some of their routes, even if these new 789 aren’t dedicated to the ULH.
Jump to postNot looking good for Jetstar with the poor pax who were unable to leave the terminal in NRT, and also pax stranded in Bali. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpAR6XxSLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWqReVuVbI With regard to NRT - does JQ sell interline tickets? And through check? If so completel...
Jump to postAnother idea I would suggest is privatizing VN and decreasing the State's stakes in VN to at least 51% (currently more than 86%). Using private resources is always more acceptable in the opinions of the Vietnamese people. Without meaningful government support I don't think there is an attractive bu...
Jump to postThis is likely to go down like a lead balloon QF CEO Alan Joyce takes home a 15% increase in pay https://www.afr.com/companies/transport/qantas-joyce-rakes-in-2-3m-amid-chronic-service-malfunctions-20220909-p5bgt2 I am so often amazed by the ongoing failure of both politicians and business leaders ...
Jump to postIt is likely QF's A321s will have the same set up. IFE adds weight as well as being a source of misery for crew who have to deal with customer dissatisfaction when the screen is faulty. Nearly everyone has a smartphone these days so using a BYOD model is so much easier. For the small number of peop...
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