Not 100% sure that Qatar is a particularly great place to visit though, particularly if you are female. For women travellers it isn’t any better or worse than Dubai and is perfectly safe day-to-day. The airport/airline might have PR problems with women after the dead baby incident. For tourist acti...
Jump to postJust saw this pop up on Executive Traveller, QR has been approved for BNE flights on a full-time basis. About time, I reckon, and especially now that Etihad up and left BNE there's room for another Gulf carrier. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qatar-brisbane-flights Also PER is back to dail...
Jump to postqf789 wrote:Developing story atm, there are unconfirmed reports that the WA border opening is set for 3 March
https://twitter.com/g_parker/status/149 ... 77827?s=21
UAEflyer wrote:How is LGW-DOH route doing , is it permanent or seasonal!
I would guess more flights will be operated from LGW during the FIFA World Cup in November/ December
Yes Perth and to all state capital cities according to the story. So will get even more crowded sky's in the years ahead. Hopefully REX will become SIA's fully-backed domestic operator in time, provide some realistic choice. We have seen many airlines come and go since deregulation, and I expect we...
Jump to postAlso, REXs current 737 slots at SYD are just temporary? What will happen when they have to release them. Rex's 737 operation was based on the premise of VA ceasing to exist....this hasnt happened. I personally think they should stick to the regional operation. Ive always thought that they should hav...
Jump to posthttps://australianaviation.com.au/2022/ ... m-6-to-30/
Quite timely for this discussion
News is just coming out that a new date will be announced in the next couple of weeks, there had also been rumblings lately that the new date will not have a long lead time, it was even suggested that it could open a few days after the announcement https://twitter.com/adrianbarich/status/1493406292...
Jump to postAre there enough people around the Sunshine Coast catchment to fill all those planes? Sunshine Coast airport is a pain to get to from the highway (for people from say Brisbane north), so it will be interesting to see how they go. A lot of people from Melbourne have moved up there, especially in the...
Jump to postNice to see these old reports. In 2010 i flew SQ between DXB and SIN on 777s with these same interiors. I miss the 9 abreast layouts on the 777!
Jump to postqf789 wrote:Former VA 332 XFD has departed MEL today heading to MCT
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VHXF ... /YMML/OOMS
smi0006 wrote:QF hiring for CGK abs MNL airport managers so they must be coming back soon also.
Agree with the above posts. The Dash works well for QF and will soldier on for a long time. The Q400s are no where near replacement age. While the ATR would be fine replacement for the 200&300s on the shorter routes the speed and range of the Q400 is really useful on the longer regional routes a...
Jump to postThere were two Air Asia X A330s operating from KUL into PER and back yesterday. Guessing charters for someone?
I thought Air Asia X has ceased operations.
SCFlyer wrote:Jetstar resumes Bali from February 14. Qantas and Virgin to resume on March 27. All from East Coast capitals.
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... february-4
AeroplaneFreak wrote:So it looks like 09/27 is getting shortened to 1,940 metres which is very close to Essendon's 08/26 at 1,920m.
Surely this limits operating to single-aisle only now for east-west runway operations?
I still think its amazing that a rail link into the country's second busiest airport has taken this long especially when there are existing rail corridors fairly close by.
Target opening date of 2029 - if west gate tunnel is anything to go by could blow out by 5 years.
The other potential issue could be flight path via DRW if things escalate in Ukraine. At the moment via DRW overflies Russia which may become an issue, via SIN (or PER) doesnt. The route from DRW to Europe is basically the standard route from Hong Kong/China/Korea/Japan to Europe, with QF1/2 flying...
Jump to postThe other potential issue could be flight path via DRW if things escalate in Ukraine. At the moment via DRW overflies Russia which may become an issue, via SIN (or PER) doesnt.
Jump to postThey'll be back to PER but it probably strengthens QF's resolve for Sunrise so they can bypass PER for critical east coast pax and only offer PER-LHR if it makes sense. Not sure if it will make sense but unlikely to be daily given PER pax will also be served via EK codeshares. Wouldn't be suprised ...
Jump to postWill be interesting to see if QF opt out of PER & commit to DRW. QANTAS HINTS AT KEEPING LONDON FLIGHTS IN DARWIN AFTER WA U-TURN Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has said the airline may look to commit to extending its Darwin-London route, in light of Western Australia’s uncertain border reopening plans....
Jump to postWould QF even want the slot at the moment? Sure in the long term but there is not enough demand to be offering 3 x daily at the moment and nobody knows how long the recovery will take I think QF would take it so VA cant. There hasnt really been any clear indication that VA even want it now? I cant ...
Jump to postWould QF even want the slot at the moment? Sure in the long term but there is not enough demand to be offering 3 x daily at the moment and nobody knows how long the recovery will take
Jump to postQF to close their NRT lounge - always was an odd one to me, I wonder if they still have a lounge in BKK and HNL? https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-permanently-closes-tokyo-narita-airport-lounge I hope post COVID when the money is flowing again we see some investment finally in QF inter...
Jump to postQF trying to terminate their Long-Haul Cabin Crew workplace agreement as the proposed agreement was not voted in by staff. QF wanting LH cabin crew to be rostered across all LH aircraft types (A330 & 380/B787) https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/qantas-tries-to-end-cabin-crew-agreement...
Jump to postWhere did the VA 72s end up? Maybe they could follow the trend set with their 737s. (There might also be some 330s and 777s available if they’re feeling really brave :duck: ) VA's ATRs had 68 seats; REX's Saabs have 33 seats. There is no way ZL's Saab network could absorb the capacity of the former...
Jump to postVA's ATRs had 68 seats; REX's Saabs have 33 seats. There is no way ZL's Saab network could absorb the capacity of the former VA ATRs even if they were available. Also my understanding is Rex really needs 50-seat (or less) sized aircraft as most of their ports don’t have security screening. For an A...
Jump to postCan they afford replacements at the moment? Covid has certainly energized population growth in some of the regional towns / cities which may help. Particularly coastal communities along the NSW (and QLD) coast
Jump to postYes, it would be possible to design a terminal able to do this but, as you point out, it is very much a complete cleansheet design. Another model is international departures in the USA which are very different from what we experience in AU and often happen right beside domestic departures; arriving...
Jump to postAny updates to the internal elevated road redevelopment at MEL, seems to have gone very quiet too......Has to be one of the worst bottlenecks of any AU airports (pre covid at least)
Jump to postGreat report and pictures. VLC is wonderful city - i think one of the nicest in Spain. I went in 2017 on BA too, when it was a LGW route - was great to reminisce.
Jump to postLCY route worked because of people going straight to / from office & airport. Businesses have really embraced online working / meetings and the return to the office it seems will never be at the levels of 2019.
Jump to postWishing GA all the best with their recovery program as they are my choice of airline whilst travelling in Indonesia. I’m sure Melbourne & Perth will make a return to their network in the future. Garuda to fly only five international routes in 2022 Which cites survived the axe? Sydney, Hong Kong...
Jump to postMEL is bigger, but too far south and worse for connections. SYD is currently the bigger city though MEL will pass it population-wise in the next 15 years. SYD will still remain the larger market for int'l arrivals however due to its much larger inbound tourist market as well as leadership in the fi...
Jump to postThanks for writing up - interesting to see that polar routing! looking forward to the return on AA if you write up.
Jump to postIndeed, they are balanced out, not only for cycles, but for utilisation optimisation. However, it's just the sheer number of those short sectors, particularly between Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide relative to the longer sectors that mean that they cannot get entirely balanced out. While ...
Jump to postOf course all those short sectors are balanced out with the services to PER/DRW/CNS/AKL/WLG/CHC/DPS/NAN/ASP etc. They rotate the fleet to balance out the cycles, so it's not likely that QF 737's are going to have any higher cycles than any other airline for similar aged aircraft. Indeed, they are b...
Jump to postWell well, I have had an interesting discussion with a very senior pilot in Qantas. The XLR will not be able to operate anything longer than SYD-CGK. The problem - crew hours. Anything longer than 8 hours is going to be out of the window as the 321XLR has no crew rest facilities. This limits us to ...
Jump to postCRJ 1000 is an orphan, but its largely just a stretch of the CRJ 700 / 900.
Probably a better option than the newer E jets or A220. Depends how long they can make the 717 last.
How’s the rail situation at Gatwick? Could one feasibly get to LGW by rail from the north of England to save a bit of hassle on that connection that does not exist? (I imagine Scotland would be too far.) my knowledge of mainland rail in London is that there are about 4000 termini in the city, and t...
Jump to postHow’s the rail situation at Gatwick? Could one feasibly get to LGW by rail from the north of England to save a bit of hassle on that connection that does not exist? (I imagine Scotland would be too far.) my knowledge of mainland rail in London is that there are about 4000 termini in the city, and t...
Jump to postthese sort of routes almost sound like some of the old colonial 3-5 stop routes Slightly odd choice and remain to be convinced if it ever gets off the ground, and/or lasts… Indeed, although its not intended to last, only will run till October. But as you say lots of things up in the air between now...
Jump to postThe press doesn’t say, but who are they partnering with for connections? ITA? Vueling? Doing a cursory search on Flightradar24 there isn't one airline that flies from FCO to all of the cities listed, though Vueling and Ryanair fly to many of them from FCO. I think they are just saying what their Eu...
Jump to postWettest destinations as an influence will have zero too do with the selection. Containerisation may have an influence in the final decision, but I doubt it will have a huge influence. Just thought it would be far easier to load 10 enclosed containers then 220 odd bags in a typical tropical or subtr...
Jump to postI think air travel across the board is weak, whether its intra-Europe or transatlantic. EI would have probably been better parking these aircraft until at least the spring.
Jump to postWith Qantas starting WGA-BNE flights in march with Q400s, is there any idea on where they get the aircraft from? They are already short of Dash 8s when it comes to regional flying so I'm wondering what route has been axed/reduced in order to conduct such flights. They are also suffering from crew s...
Jump to postThe second Emerald Airlines ATR72 has emerged in Aer Lingus Regional colours. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51732826982_5865dbe547_z.jpg EI-GPN Departing EGSH/NWI After Respray 08/12/2021 by Josh Knights , on Flickr The new livery really suits the ATR, just a shame about the rest of the fleet!
Jump to postlog0008 wrote:Qantas new route coming very shortly - New country
I have seen them at lots of airports outside North America, certainly in Europe and here in Australia
Jump to post- Qantas expects to reach 115% of pre-pandemic domestic capacity by April, Jetstar 120% - Remained on track to decide by the end of the year on a preferred supplier for more than 100 planes to replace its ageing domestic fleet. - In the international market, it will take far longer to recover to pr...
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