Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

Sure but WLG-SIN suffers due to the short runway, it’s, NZ itself use widebodies daily or more in multiple short haul routes due to demand, EK have little else other than 77Ws. Whatever or where ever did the talk a while back come from of EK doing DXB-WLG-CHC-DXB? SQ into WLG would make more sense ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

A 777-9 for a SIN-WLG ? I have no idea whether it could, bit if the question was "would" rather than "could" I'm pretty confident the answer would be "not this side of 2040" No disrespect, but are you familiar with the phrase "using a sledgehammer to crack a walnu...

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

I can't see it. Would time-sensitive 'premium' WLG traffic take a 3x weekly service to the US via CHC, or one of multiple daily services via AKL? Putting aside questions about how much travel in premium classes there will be with possible upcoming public sector cuts in New Zealand ... And given the...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2023

That’s because Virgin are daily on BNE-ZQN. Virgin are daily SYD and several times a week from MEL yet NZ fly those routes. I would say NZ are short of aircraft otherwise they would fly BNE-ZQN. Both Sydney and Melbourne are more than twice the population of Brisbane so you're not really comparing ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

The second UA730 SFO-CHC service currently 12.5hrs late, due to land in CHC at 11pm tonight, due to depart at 7.30am tomorrow morning back to SFO

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

QF's BNE-WLG E190 flight diverting to AKL - will be great to see a photo of it at AKL. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/weather-severe-thunderstorms-hitting-the-countrys-east-coast/H4E6SLB5XVEWXOTQU2BRF7ODTE/ Terrible weather in Wellington that also affected CHC flights earlier today QF161 diverted to...

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

QF's BNE-WLG E190 flight diverting to AKL - will be great to see a photo of it at AKL. Will they fly the PAX down later or tomorrow? Or put them on connecting flights and reposition empty? The aircraft is positioning AKL-BNE as of now, they'd just put the passengers on Air NZ flights no doubt and w...

Re: New Zealand Aviation- December 2023

NZ120 and QF143 due into AKL diverted to WLG just now. QF143 means three QF B737 next to each other at WLG (gates 47, 48, 49) which hasn't happened for a long time. Was curious in the case of these diverts, do passengers offload and go through customs and etc with the flight then being domestic or d...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2023

VA used to be double daily to WLG ex BNE and NZ on top of that so there would be room for larger aircraft, just curious if that is the case that they don't have enough available Actually, VA was double daily on behalf of both itself and NZ. When the partnership commenced, NZ withdrew from the route...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2023

The A220 isn’t replacing B737’s, it will be deployed on routes which can’t support a B737 similar to BNE-WLG utilising E190’s. I wish people would stop saying the E190 has been deployed because WLG cant support the B737. Complete rubbish. VA was flying 10-12pw B738's in combination with NZ prior to...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2023

smi0006 wrote:

Apparently in A220 in thread QF first 220 has had its maiden flight!

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

Aerial cable cars from Botany and Onehunga to AKL are being proposed by an Austrian company as one solution to help get passengers to/from the airport. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/SKuTqJHRDOBsvx1LpQcscy9RWPw=/arc-anglerfish-syd-prod-nzme/public/ZOXSCOJFRZBRFPOQ6TEUPSZJIA.jpg Also from Wellin...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

"The new-look Qantas Auckland International lounge isn’t likely to fully emerge until the end of 2024." https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-new-lounges-sydney-melbourne-auckland-adelaide No word of WLG or CHC getting upgrades too? CHC doesn’t have a QF lounge, they gave that up...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

Walked past QF check-in desks at WLG last night and there was a marketing billboard stating for flights to Brisbane, download the Qantas Entertainment App for these services. I didn't think the E190s had WiFi to be able to watch anything even from the QF app? Or can you pre download content on the Q...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231109-sqnw24 SQ tentatively increase AKL to 3x daily from NW24/25. 2x A359, 1x 77W. I guess in addition to daily NZ service Not as big an increase as it might look, given the loss of the A380 service during NW. 470 seats on one A380 is only slightly less than 506 sea...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

My next please, please can we have service to NZ airlines/routes (it's okay to dream, right?), would be: NH or JL (HND), EY (AUH via BKK) and/or TG (BKK), AI (DEL), LP (LIM), PR (MNL), MF (XMN or FOC), 3U (CKG or TFU), VA or ZL (BNE, SYD, MEL) - the latter to break the duopoly. I imagine if the com...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

Will the 787-10 replace the 777's or the 787-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_fleet I know Wikipedia isn't the most reliable but it does literally say on that link that the 787-10 are due to replace the 777's, which I think it's also been mentioned by Air NZ themselves as they will b...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - November 2023

Will the 787-10 replace the 777's or the 787-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_fleet I know Wikipedia isn't the most reliable but it does literally say on that link that the 787-10 are due to replace the 777's, which I think it's also been mentioned by Air NZ themselves as they will b...

Re: Qatar Airways News and Discussion - 2023

Qatar Airways has announced a $1 billion USD half year profit, load factors at 83.3%, yields up 3.6%, passenger revenue up 28.5% https://www.airlineratings.com/featured/qatar-airways-soars-to-1-billion-half-year-profit/ Good on them making a large half year profit, not surprised with how expensive ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

This morning, the first UA LAX-AKL service since 2003 touched down in AKL - here's a photo of the landing: https://d2xgqyuql1olth.cloudfront.net/assets/Uploads/2023-10/United-AKL-787.jpeg https://www.nbr.co.nz/nz-aviation-news/third-us-airline-puts-auckland-in-its-network/ Is that just me or are th...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

qf2048 wrote:

AY 8879 currently flying HKG-SIN. OH LTR. First QF 292 is tonight..

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Was curious with some of NZs flight number allocations and why they change?

Example, MEL-WLG evening service up until today was NZ256 and now tonight it is NZ258

Is it to link up with the NW/SW seasons?

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

A big 48 hours for new routes - QF's BNE-WLG service arriving today at 1525, UA's LAX-AKL service arriving tomorrow at 0625, and DL's LAX-AKL service arriving tomorrow at 0755. DL65 is leaving from LAX T3, not the international terminal which is rather interesting. Thought all flights had to leave ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

DL65 to depart in a few hours, Don’t forget the date line….! That first flight is tomorrow (NZ) time. A big 48 hours for new routes - QF's BNE-WLG service arriving today at 1525, UA's LAX-AKL service arriving tomorrow at 0625, and DL's LAX-AKL service arriving tomorrow at 0755. DL65 is leaving from...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Perhaps FJ will seize the opportunity to expand NAN-HNL.... with connections from AKL, WLG, CHC.... FJ connections don't always work too well unfortunately, as I find there seems to be long transit times in most instances, especially out of WLG. If this could be refined somehow to be a bit better, ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

Qantas Link send their first E190 to WLG for a trial run. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/133140285/theres-a-new-aircraft-making-an-early-appearance-in-the-capital?cid=app-iPhone 13,000kg of fuel on board for the trip. Will be interesting to see how the E190 responds to the full loads with such...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

QF6055 currently due to land in WLG in 15mins from BNE as mentioned previously regarding test flights for the E190

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Reported on the Aus thread that AVV is soon to announce a return to international services. Possibly AirAsia X or Batik Air Malaysia, with an extension onto AKL? I'd say AirAsia X considering they came out saying they wanted to have more flights to AKL from Australian ports, so would be a good tag ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

Melb94 wrote:

First QF flight to TLV is in the air. Interestingly it’s using Aussie as its call sign.

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

DL is really trying to fill up those LAX-AKL flights ... :shock: Part of the issue might be a lack of partners on the New Zealand side - I can book AKL-YVR on DL no problem, but not WLG-YVR. (ZQN-YVR sends me via Sydney on VA...) I’ve always thought maybe they should of gone for CHC? Or done a BNE ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

The issue QF has is aircraft availability even if they wanted to. Given the way that QF operate, I see them building up frequency from SYD as a priority if they want to boost YVR their operations. With the relatively recent wide body order of 10xA35K (Non ULH) and 10x787 (4x789 + 6x7810), I'd imagi...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

Just thinking out aloud here. When QF begin to take delivery of their WB replacements (A35K - Non ULH, B789, B7810), do you believe there would some impetus within QF to perform some sort of fleet configuration? For Example: - A35K (Non ULH) to perform PER-LHR, SYD/MEL-DFW, SYD/MEL-LAX. - B789s to ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

I know it doesn't happen everyday, but a busy afternoon for international arrivals ex Aussie today into WLG with 5 flights due in between 2.30pm and 3pm, good to see that happening once more Looks like runways just switched direction so they all flocking north a bit. Was neat to see in all honesty ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

I know it doesn't happen everyday, but a busy afternoon for international arrivals ex Aussie today into WLG with 5 flights due in between 2.30pm and 3pm, good to see that happening once more

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Looks like ZQN is still closed, NZ232 from SYD reached the Alps then did a left turn towards CHC. Edit: Looks like it might be circling over the alps, waiting for ZQN to open. They must have some info that its reopening soon otherwise would have gone straight to CHC. Either way they can only hold f...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

Do 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 ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - October 2023

Do 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 w...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

ZK-NBT wrote:

mrkerr7474 wrote:

planemanofnz wrote:

Testing/trial run before announcing SYD-AKL-JFK will be upgraded to a 380?

Wonder what it is for. Perhaps to cover a 787 leg of the QF 3/4 across the ditch?

Not with those timings, a charter for something.

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231003-qfoct23aklsyd QF will operate a one-off A380 charter SYD-AKL on Oct 19th, returns the next day, I presume arrives on the 19th departs 20th. Testing/trial run before announcing SYD-AKL-JFK will be upgraded to a 380? :lol: Wonder what it is for. Perhaps to cover ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Cancellations/diversions all across the motu today. Poor passengers on NZ232 SYD-ZQN tried to land at ZQN, diverted towards WLG, and then finally ended up at AKL. Looks like CHC had an issue with the main runway and then WLG was getting diversions of its own due to crosswinds. https://www.flightrad...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - October 2023

Wait, really? You book PE and you have to pay extra to select a seat? Oh dear. Coupled with the underwhelming J seat they're about to introduce - and keep in mind this will be their offering for the next 20 years (inward facing herringbone.... WHY???) - and you'd have to say NZ is dropping the prem...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - September 2023

BUT ... Network, Eastern, Sunstate, National Jet are separate companies, with totally separate fleets aren't they ? Or could we end up with NZ crews flying in Australia ? Don't think same job, same pay will get up or work or companies will find a way around it. They have to. Can't have a 17yo newby...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - September 2023

With YA,YB,YC and YD likely to be grounded for an extended period and according to some on this site for up to two years is it feasible to re engine these frames to GE's. Subsequent deliveries YE,YF and YG could now be specified as GE's as construction is into the future. Both Jetstar and Qantas ha...