Looks like normal domestic operations set to resume at WLG from 4Feb, with NZ jets operating again from the South-West pier, and the regional lounge re-opening (weekdays only). I've heard NZ's domestic capacity at WLG will be back to 90% of pre-Covid for the month of Feb. I read that earlier on as ...
Jump to postLooking at NZ’s current International Flights numbers, take it there is some logic to them? NZ1XX eg NZ104 - Quarantine Free Flights NZ7XX- 9XX eg NZ723- Quarantine Required Flight NZ1XXX eg NZ1006 - Cargo Only Flight Basically correct, add in NZ6xxx for positioning and NZ19xx for Jet and NZ595x fo...
Jump to postIt does look very nice what EK has done with PE. The wood finish is perhaps just a little too much for my personal taste but I wouldn't hesitate to fly PE with EK. The fact they also offer 40inch between the seats, is a step above most airlines PE class which is a bonus! Hopefully the price point is...
Jump to postFirst pic of Rex 737 VH-VOP https://www.instagram.com/p/CJCzyvQhCMX/?igshid=1vsg8h2d62bqg Note the location Which country is their heart in again? I find it weird they are using that slogan on the 737 domestic jets. Flying domestic trunk routes and saying your heart is in the country is not really ...
Jump to posthttps://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300183286/travel-bubble-with-australia-coming-in-early-2021-prime-minister-confirms Released not too long ago here in NZ, some good news that a travel bubble between NZ and Australia will look to be open within the first quarter of 2021, with dates to be confirmed i...
Jump to posthttps://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300183286/travel-bubble-with-australia-coming-in-early-2021-prime-minister-confirms Some good news that a travel bubble between NZ and Australia will look to be open within the first quarter of 2021, with dates to be confirmed in the new year Fingers crossed the cur...
Jump to postIt would seem that almost all Air NZ A320's and A321's are now active including the regional A320ceo's. The exceptions seem to be OAB (Black livery) A320neo NHB and A321neo NND. OAB and NHB have flown in the last month but NNC seems to have been out of service since Sept. Is NND in 'deep' storage? ...
Jump to postAlan Joyce says When QF resumes international flying all passengers will be required to be vaccinated for Covid, in other words no jab, no flight https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-mandatory-covid-vaccination-for-international-flights Was actually discussing this with a family member wh...
Jump to postSelandiaBaru wrote:Raglan Sector unavailable. Likely due to Airways staffing issues. Aircraft re-routed around the airspace.
Was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what's going on in the airspace over the New Plymouth and even up to Hamilton area? Aircraft leaving AKL seem to be tracking well over the water above the Tasman Sea and going to AKL they are tracking almost in the middle of the North Island. Quite interestin...
Jump to postNZ has been operating AKL-WLG flights with an ATR 72-600! https://twitter.com/CamWallace_NZ/status/1296187014367162368 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Efz7N3hU8AAElPG?format=jpg&name=900x900 That has to be along time since an prop has operated that route on an regular service, Maybe OriginPacific d...
Jump to postWould be interesting to see which airlines take up the opportunity aside from Air NZ to offer flights and also where those flights would go from. Of course AKL, would be nice if possible to have other services from WLG / CHC also, a big wait and see though
Jump to postThis will be some welcome news for tourism reasons for the Cook Islands and NZ. Hopefully, this can go through safely and sooner rather than later. I know I would be one of the first to book a trip there to experience what the Cook Islands has to offer https://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/122122342/pac...
Jump to postThe change in scheduling with more ATRs passing thru WLG is the reason as more north-south stands are required at peak times, with the northern pier and the rock being underutilized at the moment there is capacity over there to accommodate the Jets comfortably and the Turboprops have taken over the...
Jump to postThe 2nd QF A380 VH-OQJ to be moth balled is about to depart LAX. Flight QF6007 from Los Angeles to Victorville https://fr24.com/QFA6007/24e06bba Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Assuming, if down the line QF brings back the A380 fleet, VH-OQJ would have to be one of the first given it has had the...
Jump to postLight rail to airport officially dead again for now: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300041249/governments-flagship-transport-policy-axed Disappointing isn't it. It wasn't "shovel ready" but it could have been a great project to kick off for the economic rebuild. Maybe they don’t think “...
Jump to postInteresting they are not going for Premier Economy route. Even Emirates is considering it. Not considering. Emirates’ first aircraft with Premium Economy is a new A380 “ready to go” at Toulouse. I've often thought that if QR introduced PE, this could potentially take a lot more customers their way....
Jump to postI do realise that, again that's why I said, this could all change at any moment. We are in uncertain times and EDI is handling only a few flights a day which is expected. I just hope we see some sort of recovery over the next few years. A good bit of positivity in otherwise a current negative world...
Jump to postCX will soon announce the brand consolidation, the brand "Cathay Dragon" will be retired. Just like SQ then! The A330s will obviously be integrated easily, but the A321neos will be new for CX. When did CX last operate narrowbodies (if they ever did)? The link above when translated into En...
Jump to postUfsatp wrote:mig17 wrote:Great idea from Boeing, the 737MAX, A330NEO and 777-X being tremendous succes, lets also revamp 757.
Except that Boeing never said they were going to revamp the 757.
qf789 wrote:SQ is currently positioning 4 A388’s to ASP for storage
789's will be used though not seat back entertainment will be available, basic food and service will be provided, no FF points or status credits available, set fare so only economy seats can be booked, no business or premium economy You’d hope they would provide an proper meal on LHR-PER? Otherwise...
Jump to postCheck 5 posts above your one and you will see the article Article has been updated now (It quotes another article which is what i was referring to). Mis-interpretation as I thought. VA hasn’t decided if they will come back or not. No, the article says "Virgin Australia says it intends to resum...
Jump to postI can’t find the article where va says they are pulling off the Tasman. All I can find on the website quoted is Scurrah saying the NZ base won’t return. That’s not the same as no Tasman operation. I wonder if the stuff article has come to the wrong conclusion? Check 5 posts above your one and you w...
Jump to postBeen posted in the NZ forum, VA are not going to return to NZ after the virus is gone. Not surprised with this move See my post in the NZ aviation forum. I think it’s a wrong conclusion made from closing the NZ bases. Unless someone has the quote mentioned? I don't know how to post links here but t...
Jump to postBeen posted in the NZ forum, VA are not going to return to NZ after the virus is gone. Not surprised with this move
Jump to postNot surprised by VA news not returning to NZ.
Wonder if this would be a chance for QF to pick up and go against NZ on the WLG - BNE route? (obviously once demand starts coming back)
I see QF are ferrying x2 A380 SYD-LAX this evening. Is that due to bring Australians back or would it be to store the A380s in LAX for the time being?
Jump to postDon't call them, just wait for the automatic cancelation credit to be processed and then book for your new dates online. The cost of your new dates later in the year is only going to drop over the next few months anyway. The call centres have enough to be dealing with at the moment without stuff th...
Jump to postDon't call them, just wait for the automatic cancelation credit to be processed and then book for your new dates online. The cost of your new dates later in the year is only going to drop over the next few months anyway. The call centres have enough to be dealing with at the moment without stuff th...
Jump to postJust in response to QF and the flexibility they are offering going forward, I have an existing booking for late April which obviously will be cancelled due to no international flights going until end of May, I don't want to cancel and rebook at a later time, I simply just want to change my dates to...
Jump to postJust in response to QF and the flexibility they are offering going forward, I have an existing booking for late April which obviously will be cancelled due to no international flights going until end of May, I don't want to cancel and rebook at a later time, I simply just want to change my dates to ...
Jump to postHas Jetstar cancelled NZ domestic flying from next Monday? I have a ZQN - AKL flight on the 24th and it looks closed for reservations although I haven't received any notification yet Looks like they have closed off all New Zealand domestic flights for April. With the a320s being cycled via Australi...
Jump to postHas QF's website been updated to reflect the drastic cuts yet? I can still book numerous routes (PER-SIN, SYD-CGK, MEL-LAX for example) all the way up until late May. PER-MEL is still showing 7 daily flights most days, many on A330's. I don't think they have revised their schedule yet, as of Tuesda...
Jump to postNot yet confirmed. https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-group-update-on-coronavirus-response-2/ I would expect it to be much the same as NZ announced today. Minimal QF on WLG/CHC-SYD and AKL-BNE/MEL/SYD and getting rid of everything else. Possible full JQ suspension on the Tasman...
Jump to postThis is so awful: Coronavirus: Air New Zealand suspends 13 Australian routes, cuts trans-Tasman capacity by 80 per cent Awful, but utterly predictable and, actually sensible. QF have cut international capacity by 90%. We'll get through this. It will take a while perhaps to regain early 2020 glory; ...
Jump to postDoes anyone know where you can confirm if Sunday Midnight is effectively 00:00 Sunday, or 00:00 Monday? I would take it to be 11:59pm Sunday Night. I was due to take a 2 night break in Sydney at the end of April for a status run basically, I am assuming based on this new information release that in...
Jump to postFor all the upcoming changes, the status run on double sc I was doing at the end of April, sadly has less of a meaning for me as being an a geek (like all on here), the 787 flight I purposely selected has been changed to the A333 which is definitely a bit of a bummer!
Jump to postWell fingers crossed that nothing should change to QF2 this coming Sat. Never flown a QF A380 and hoping that this should still be the case. My slight concern is flights to SIN in end of May. Currently booked on QF to SIN with EK taking me to DXB/DUS. Haven’t seen any news about massive reductions ...
Jump to postJust recently went through the trail for the new xray scanners where liquids do not need to be removed. What an actual god send! If this tech gets completely ruled out. It would be amazing. Hopefully it does come across the board worldwide because it is a nuisance having to deal with that Do those ...
Jump to postApologies if I missed this previously, however was just wondering why QF are keeping the 787 on SYD to AKL flights, initially Dec to Mar but now it goes through April and May as well? Thank you in advance It can be operated as a turnaround between SFO flights: QF74>QF141>QF144>QF73. It's an easy wa...
Jump to postApologies if I missed this previously, however was just wondering why QF are keeping the 787 on SYD to AKL flights, initially Dec to Mar but now it goes through April and May as well?
Thank you in advance
Awesome trip report and thoroughly enjoyed reading both part 1 and 2! Sometimes no one knows why you get upgrades, it can just be the luck of the draw but I suspect it's because you paid for a Y+ fare as this has happened to me on Qantas as well when I had no status with them. I do agree though, the...
Jump to postJust heard the interesting whines (personal opinion) from SQ248 as it has departed 6 hours late today. Anyone with any Intel as to possible reason?
Jump to postSo with VH-OEFs retirement I think that makes EBV the only remaining oneworld livery aircraft. Presuming either one of the three A380s to be repainted this year or one of the remaining three 787s to be delivered will get a oneworld livery. Would be great to see an A380 or 787 painted in OneWorld li...
Jump to postAnyone know why an Alliance Fokker 70 is doing a SYD-WLG flight under flight number QQ8833? Just seen it on FR24 doing an odd flight path as well It’s a Tauck tour charter. AUD18,000 for 20 days. Nice work if you can get it. https://www.tauck.com.au/tours/grand-australia-new-zealand-escorted-tour-a...
Jump to postAnyone know why an Alliance Fokker 70 is doing a SYD-WLG flight under flight number QQ8833? Just seen it on FR24 doing an odd flight path as well Could be returning New Zealand fire frighters / military from the Australian bush fires? Oh yes so it could be. Wonder why it flew so far north before he...
Jump to postAnyone know why an Alliance Fokker 70 is doing a SYD-WLG flight under flight number QQ8833?
Just seen it on FR24 doing an odd flight path as well
Awesome trip report with some fantastic pictures! Makes me want to try QR as my next airline and definitely head to Vietnam also, thank you
Jump to postScreening flights from Australia is "under active consideration," he said. Source https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12303690 Would hate to think how AKL would handle that one if brought in? Not sure AKL would be the only area that this would be brought it,...
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