Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

I also believe so too. It appears to me that this is just a knee-jerk reaction in believe that COVID was going to last forever (clearly that's not the case, and was never going to be the case) Couldn't they score a bargain by picking up a few on the second hand market ? Given the different layout e...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

QF A380 VH-OQI is on its way from VCV to LAX. This is the last QF A380 to leave VCV and rejoin the fleet (excluding the ill-fated OQE and OQF). QF6023 from Victorville to Los Angeles https://fr24.com/QFA6023/2efe2e3a Does anyone think QF will regret getting rid of both or at least 1 of these frames...

Re: Auckland flooded/closed

That's correct, it would be a separate crew doing those turns. But the same crew from SCL would have continued to SYD. I'd presume that the return flight would directly go from SYD to SCL with AKL still closed for internationals until tomorrow morning There were a lot of diversions last night in AK...

Re: Auckland flooded/closed

LAN801 diverted to WLG, but then continued to SYD a few hours later. Would that have been flown by the same crew that flew the 12 hour SCL-WLG flight? I’d have figured normally a separate crew flies the AKL-SYD-AKL legs, but obviously they wouldn’t have been in WLG. That's correct, it would be a se...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Something is clearly wrong in AKL. Every domestic flight to AKL just turned around. Yes it seems more than just a runway light issue? it seems the flights later on tonight from SYD/MEL are still in eroute to AKL. Going to be a busy night for WLG/CHC - im guessing OHA is still out of the picture? No...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

https://twitter.com/search?q=auckland+airport&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch A search of Auckland Airport on twitter makes the flood look pretty bad though out the ground floor, they also have now put a post up saying do not travel to the international at this time. Look...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

zkncj wrote:

NZ801 wrote:

Something is clearly wrong in AKL. Every domestic flight to AKL just turned around.

Yes it seems more than just a runway light issue? it seems the flights later on tonight from SYD/MEL are still in eroute to AKL.

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Something is clearly wrong in AKL. Every domestic flight to AKL just turned around. It appears the international terminal has flooded. https://twitter.com/william__bp/status/1618880627838959617?s=46&t=NmR5Dyj0geLDo8XIjwZKng Oh wow that is crazy to see that! Wonder how long the damage will take ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Why would NZ9 have done a few loop-de-loops near Auckland instead of going straight to CHC? It seems they may have actually touched down, then perhaps held to asses damage before continuing. Could be the case. It seems a lot of flights have done holding patterns for a while. NZ192 ADL-AKL held for ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Apparently someone skidded on landing and took out some runway lights. What a mess Auckland in general is tonight. Elton cancelled as well. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/300794246/auckland-flights-delayed-after-runway-lights-damaged NZ9 apparently. Was not NZ9. Was a NZ flight from...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Looks like the last flight to land was D7 at 1731. NZ9 went to CHC? although looks like it did a go around? NZ124 landed about 10mins after the D7 flight so that seems to be the last to have landed. The NZ9 got as low as about 500ft from the ground attempting to land in AKL before diverting. Wonder...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Apparently someone skidded on landing and took out some runway lights. What a mess Auckland in general is tonight. Elton cancelled as well. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/300794246/auckland-flights-delayed-after-runway-lights-damaged NZ9 apparently. Looks like the last flight to lan...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Poor weather in Auckland is making a lot of flights divert to CHC and WLG just now. The internationals seem to be diverting to CHC and domestic flights to WLG. Would have been cool seeing more of the widebody aircraft going to WLG but understandable they're not

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Whether SQ were able to make it work without the subsidies, no one will know as yes they most likely won't return, well not for a few more years at least. I think it was a good testament to them that they went from a regional 777 to the long haul configured A350 just prior to covid and they increas...

Re: Airbus A350 Production/Deliveries - 2023

Is it usual for aircraft to go through 7+ test flights before delivery as per some of the above frames?

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Would the x10 A380 be able to cover SYD-LAX/LHR/DFW and MEL-LAX/DFW? No, SYD will remain B789 with MEL-DFW now operating doesn’t warrant A380 equipment on the route. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The above would need 11 to run all daily. I agree DFW probably won’t see the A380 again with MEL n...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

For Qantas when they get more 380s back into service they will be in a better position to open new routes. If all of the MEL LAX flying is all switched to 380 it will free up two 787s. So with the other 3 787s coming from Boeing it's equivalent of 5 787s joining the fleet this year. Perhaps DFW cou...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

On QFs A321XLRs, is there any view on whether these might see a presence in NZ for long distance routes? Are any of them high yield enough to compete with current options? Something that comes to mind (as example only) is AKL-SIN to connect to the QF1/2 (LHR) flight bank. I know SQ has a solid pres...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

QF fly to WLG via MEL and SYD only. Sorry if I was confusing but I was meaning a BNE to WLG tag with EK (even if not daily) as currently Air NZ are the only ones who fly it that route. I don't believe QF have ever flown it or if they have, it hasn't been flown for some time. Previously QF flew 767s...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

The reality is that SQ could not make WLG work despite the airport subsidies. Can't see EK attempting it in the forseeable future. What makes you think it didnt work? Increase in frequency and introduction of A350-900 just prior to Covid doesnt suggest it didnt work... ;-) WLG City Council was subs...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

What is the possibility of an Air India service from Auckland to New Delhi or Mumbai? Or an Etihad service from Abu Dhabi to Auckland through Australia? Also, what's the possibility of Emirates starting a Dubai to Wellington service through Australia once they get their A350s or 787s? Unsure on the...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

They are certainly a massive airline for sure and the scale of them compared to NZ is staggering. I have an old colleague of mine who works as an airline consultant in the US who specialises in network and fleet management. He's convinced that DL is also looking at ATL-AKL, and the potential of ext...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Do you think, even further down the road, EK would look to do any tags to the new 77W BNE flight to NZ? For instance onto WLG seeing as NZ is the only carrier there as no QF or VA, or even to CHC instead? Or aside from the A380 SYD-CHC tag, EK isn't really interested in tag on flights? Whether EK e...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Do you think, even further down the road, EK would look to do any tags to the new 77W BNE flight to NZ? For instance onto WLG seeing as NZ is the only carrier there as no QF or VA, or even to CHC instead?

Or aside from the A380 SYD-CHC tag, EK isn't really interested in tag on flights?

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Probably a simple answer to this question but here it goes anyway. Looking at booking a trip from Sydney to Charleston, SC later in the year on Qantas - my wife has $1900 in travel credits. How are the flights on QF website nearly $3000 but on Expedia the same flights are just over $2000. Also, it'...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

A proper regional rail service in NZ could have worked if they got onto that game many years ago and could well work as you note between those airports/cities. It would also help with reducing the amount of planes in the sky having a proper decent rail network and also help towards climate goals An...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

[quote="As for capacity? Invest in regional rail. We should be using regional rail to feed into fewer larger airports that can then have larger and higher frequency services. There's no reason in my mind why Auckland, Hamilton, and Tauranaga can't share one large airport. Or Wellington, Palmers...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

WLG runway should have happened and being in the process of being built if not built by now. Runway at current length seems perfectly adequate. Certainly supports large volume of domestic traffic and we're returning to higher frequency of 737/A320 services to Australian destinations. And it's now e...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

We just need to look at Western Sydney airport and how fast that is coming together. To see how slow airport development is in New Zealand..... Western Sydney (Badgery's Creek) has not come together quickly. It has been talked about for over 30 years and was a political football. While it took a wh...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Runway extension for WLG is probably a no-go. Otherwise I think they're just ticking along with the other changes. In the 2040 plan the runway was listed a potential, but not part of the plan. The new firestation is meant to commence early this year which enables next steps at WLG. CHC airport had ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Jetstar has been pretty stagnant with their A320 operation in the NZ market for 5 + years. They don't see it as any growth potential here unlike Air NZ. It's a bit of a shame as in my opinion I'm sure if they could add extra flights to have a better schedule, then there would be bums on seats. To y...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Some QF Link Q400s or E190s would probably be better suited, than JQ's 180 seater A320s that have to run min frequencies. Wouldn't those be more expensive to run, leading to higher fares in what is already a very price sensitive market? I wouldn't say the market is over price sensitive, there is a ...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Looking at JQ’s Domestic operations for the first week of July on the Monday. Really looks like JQ has scaled it self back? Surely there would be room for more capacity on those routes. Example: AKL-WLG 3x AKL-CHC 5x AKL-ZQN 3x AKL-DUD 1x WLG-CHC 1x Jetstar has been pretty stagnant with their A320 ...

Re: Yeti Airlines AT75 crash in Nepal

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Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

EK448 DXB-AKL is coming in his KUL today, still operated by the A380. This weather related stopover or other means? I see tomorrow’s EK448 is en route and diverting to KUL as well. Bad luck if weather related again. It seems OHA not available as alternate so have to use CHC, not enough fuel to reac...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

EK448 DXB-AKL is coming in his KUL today, still operated by the A380.

This weather related stopover or other means?

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

On a different topic of airline loungs, I was just thinking with the lounges across the world getting so jammed packed with the available methods of getting into them, do you think in the future airlines will look to reduce access or increase additional lounges? As an example, say QF business class ...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

Looking at Flightradar24 just before, saw QF123 SYD-ZQN has diverted back to SYD after over an hour into the flight and due to land anytime now.

Anyone know why it went back to SYD?

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Here is the 77W and 789 schedules for the week starting 3 July 2023. SFO is still 5 per week and SIN has the most it's ever been was 12 pw before I think. The fleet is busy with only a few days free with both the 789s and the 77Ws. AKL SIN 14 pw 789 AKL HKG D 789 AKL PVG D 789 AKL NRT D 789 AKL DPS...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Of course the airline had to say it was a long-term prospect Not necessarily. True, but I can just see the reaction that would have occurred had they originally announced it as a stopgap measure. If you're advertising something shiny and new you absolutely do not want to tarnish it from the outset....

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

]Qantas currently operates six daily services to Auckland from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne which will increase to 11 daily services when the new flight to New York launches. My initial reaction to that was that QF obviously had major expansion plans in the short-term for Auckland, but actually, tha...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

I saw a sponsored ad from QF on Facebook yesterday looking to hire more international cabin crew for Jetconnect. I'm sure most of their Tasman services are back to capacity pee covid levels and I'm aware they cover long haul routes ex Australia too. Personally I see this as QF looking to hire more J...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - January 2023

QF1 SIN-LHR on VHOQJ 3rd of January has diverted ATH due to medical reasons not engineering issues according to news reports. It was due to a critical medical issue with a passenger. Crew hours timed out unfortunately. A very unfortunate event where hopefully the passengers health improves It notes...

Re: New Zealand Aviation - January 2023

Given what NZ are doing and sending the 77W to SIN and the way they are filling them, then some talk of adding a leased 1-2 makes me wonder what they will do, IAH will get them back in March to, the 781ER would need to be a hell of a plane to match the range of the 77W, the 789 can do IAH easily bu...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - December 2022

If NZ had the aircraft, I feel they would probably look at it being a Star connection. However, it will probably be EK (by end of next year perhaps when all their A380s are back in service)

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - December 2022

From what I gather QR can add PER-ADL or any other regional city in Australia via SYD/MEL/BNE/PER, I don’t think a Tasman leg cuts it, it would use up landing rights still in the main Australian cities and effectively halve the capacity on the city it’s tagged to if that make sense. I’m not sure if...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2022

Re QF to HKG I think they should leave it to CX with codeshares on all their flights to AU. CX have a better coverage of Australian ports (pre COVID) to HKG anyway. I don't think, sadly, HKG will be what it once was. QF lounge also, permanently closed in HKG with their PAX using CX's lounges anyway...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - December 2022

It shows how tight NZ must be for staffing at the moment. Looks like cabin crew on International services ex AKL are now scanning boarding passes at the gate. Like what has been done for a while on the a320/1 services domestically. Interesting… they’ve tried that before and found that it slowed dow...

Re: New Zealand Aviation Thread - December 2022

Inside information from VA - BNE-DUD is going to return in 2023. It was the most profitable route in the VA trans tasman network. Also, whispers QF is considering DUD as well. Wow, that's interesting, although "most profitable" could just mean best of a bad bunch. I'd be surprised if QF d...

Re: Australian Aviation Thread - December 2022

QF1 now on the ground at Baku, according to QF's flight status they will be on the ground for 55 minutes so perhaps a medical emergency, ETA to LHR is 900 QF1 in Baku, the passenger will be spending at least a night. The emergency was a fire warning in the cargo hold. Engineers will need to inspect...