SCFlyer wrote:

Forbes Headline: Singapore Airlines under 'no obligation' to help Virgin Australia. Committed to Vistara.

IMO, not a surprise there. Would not surprise me if this was released in reply to the rumours of their parent Temasek looking at teaming up with BGH for Virgin Australia.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton ... f3529623b4

oskarclare wrote:

https://newsroom.bne.com.au/brisbanes-new-runway-reaches-practical-completion/

Here's some good news - BNE's new 2nd runway has reached practical completion. The commission process is currently undergoing. Due to open on 12th July. Bummer it has to be opened in the current situation but looking forward to seeing it in operation this year and the years to come. Believe new runway (01L/19R) wil be used for North/West arrivals and departures whilst the current one (01R/19L) will be for South/East departures and arrivals.

smi0006 wrote:

oskarclare wrote:

https://newsroom.bne.com.au/brisbanes-new-runway-reaches-practical-completion/

Here's some good news - BNE's new 2nd runway has reached practical completion. The commission process is currently undergoing. Due to open on 12th July. Bummer it has to be opened in the current situation but looking forward to seeing it in operation this year and the years to come. Believe new runway (01L/19R) wil be used for North/West arrivals and departures whilst the current one (01R/19L) will be for South/East departures and arrivals.

It’s always amazed me, I know BNE is slot constrained at peak periods and gets significant airborne holding delays - but it just never looks busy around the taxiways and runways like SYD can. Purely anecdotal and not questioning the need for the runway. Just interesting.

Also looking forward to MELs taxiway Zulu project completion which should improve flow around international and reduce departure delays due to domestic movements around the terminal.

oskarclare wrote:

smi0006 wrote:

oskarclare wrote:

https://newsroom.bne.com.au/brisbanes-new-runway-reaches-practical-completion/

Here's some good news - BNE's new 2nd runway has reached practical completion. The commission process is currently undergoing. Due to open on 12th July. Bummer it has to be opened in the current situation but looking forward to seeing it in operation this year and the years to come. Believe new runway (01L/19R) wil be used for North/West arrivals and departures whilst the current one (01R/19L) will be for South/East departures and arrivals.

It’s always amazed me, I know BNE is slot constrained at peak periods and gets significant airborne holding delays - but it just never looks busy around the taxiways and runways like SYD can. Purely anecdotal and not questioning the need for the runway. Just interesting.

Also looking forward to MELs taxiway Zulu project completion which should improve flow around international and reduce departure delays due to domestic movements around the terminal.

Sydney is significantly busier than BNE so that would be why. On peak mornings (Sat, Thur etc) aircraft waiting to depart Alpha 1, 3, 7 and 9 can get banked up along taxiway alpha for a little while. This new runway will provide ample capacity for current/future growth.

tullamarine wrote:

SCFlyer wrote:

Forbes Headline: Singapore Airlines under 'no obligation' to help Virgin Australia. Committed to Vistara.

IMO, not a surprise there. Would not surprise me if this was released in reply to the rumours of their parent Temasek looking at teaming up with BGH for Virgin Australia.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton ... f3529623b4

This is non-news and doesn't tell uis anything that hasn't been obvious for 2 weeks.

qf789 wrote:

BITRE is out for February

https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/ ... y_0220.pdf

Huge drops for routes from China and Hong Kong
Other airlines did experience falls however not as bad as what I would have thought, though having said that figures for March are going to be telling

smi0006 wrote:

No I am aware Sydney is busier, but I’d never seen the described back log that you describe in Brisbane. It was more a comment on the anecdotal observations not questioning the statistics.

zkncj wrote:

Wonder if they will even bother to publish an April edition? Would hardly worth the time/effort to generate the report.

zkncj wrote:

Wonder if they will even bother to publish an April edition? Would hardly worth the time/effort to generate the report.

oskarclare wrote:

https://newsroom.bne.com.au/brisbanes-new-runway-reaches-practical-completion/

Here's some good news - BNE's new 2nd runway has reached practical completion. The commission process is currently undergoing. Due to open on 12th July. Bummer it has to be opened in the current situation but looking forward to seeing it in operation this year and the years to come. Believe new runway (01L/19R) wil be used for North/West arrivals and departures whilst the current one (01R/19L) will be for South/East departures and arrivals.

ABpositive wrote:

oskarclare wrote:

https://newsroom.bne.com.au/brisbanes-new-runway-reaches-practical-completion/

Here's some good news - BNE's new 2nd runway has reached practical completion. The commission process is currently undergoing. Due to open on 12th July. Bummer it has to be opened in the current situation but looking forward to seeing it in operation this year and the years to come. Believe new runway (01L/19R) wil be used for North/West arrivals and departures whilst the current one (01R/19L) will be for South/East departures and arrivals.

I understand that 14/32 will be closed with this change. What's the reason for this decision, I would have thought this would be valuable infrastructure, so why remove it... I'm not sure how it's being used today.

NZ801 wrote:

Alliance QQ3392 F70 is bringing the NZWarriors to Tamworth from Auckland to begin 14 day iso before training.
Due to land around 17:15 03/05.

https://fr24.com/UTY3392/2470bd5a

Oaktree, Etihad team up in Virgin Australia rescue battle.

zkncj wrote:

NZ801 wrote:

Alliance QQ3392 F70 is bringing the NZWarriors to Tamworth from Auckland to begin 14 day iso before training.
Due to land around 17:15 03/05.

https://fr24.com/UTY3392/2470bd5a

Just struggle to see how this flight is classes an an “essential travel”.

As Australian and New Zealanders are currently living with travel restrictions, most can’t travel beyond there own city.

Yet we’re ok for an sports team to fly to Australia? Kind of defeats the do not travel messages both governments are giving.

CraigAnderson wrote:

Etihad in the running for Virgin Australia Mk II? Some journalists are either very well informed or very desperate for a story!

Oaktree, Etihad team up in Virgin Australia rescue battle.

https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/busine ... 1e2ab375af

Chipmunk1973 wrote:

smi0006 wrote:

No I am aware Sydney is busier, but I’d never seen the described back log that you describe in Brisbane. It was more a comment on the anecdotal observations not questioning the statistics.

It was an issue quite a few years ago, especially in the morning and afternoon peaks. Exacerbating the whole thing was the amount of FIFO jobs with the mining boom and the LNG plants being constructed in Gladstone. If I can recall, BNE was only able to process about 45 take offs and landings during it’s busiest time. Even though the major stakeholder at BNE is Amsterdam’s Schipol, they actually brought in some consultants from London Heathrow to assist with better scheduling. This resulted in getting BNE to around today’s maximum of about 55 runway movements per hour.

Here’s some of the media hype about it:
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/more-than-2-million-air-passengers-have-experienced-flight-delays-landing-at-brisbane-airport-over-the-past-year-bnelateagain/news-story/b234879ccf458c17aa7258901b69d8c2?sv=6ae63c9e17267b8b7da5a1fc880452

CraigAnderson wrote:

Apparently Virgin Australia’a administrator needs a $200m loan just to keep the airline alive until it can be sold, with free cash down to $30m when Deloitte was called in. This paints a dire picture of the airline’s finances, far worse than they were previously said to be.

https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/busine ... c4fccb3525

a19901213 wrote:

Chipmunk1973 wrote:

smi0006 wrote:

No I am aware Sydney is busier, but I’d never seen the described back log that you describe in Brisbane. It was more a comment on the anecdotal observations not questioning the statistics.

It was an issue quite a few years ago, especially in the morning and afternoon peaks. Exacerbating the whole thing was the amount of FIFO jobs with the mining boom and the LNG plants being constructed in Gladstone. If I can recall, BNE was only able to process about 45 take offs and landings during it’s busiest time. Even though the major stakeholder at BNE is Amsterdam’s Schipol, they actually brought in some consultants from London Heathrow to assist with better scheduling. This resulted in getting BNE to around today’s maximum of about 55 runway movements per hour.

Here’s some of the media hype about it:
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/more-than-2-million-air-passengers-have-experienced-flight-delays-landing-at-brisbane-airport-over-the-past-year-bnelateagain/news-story/b234879ccf458c17aa7258901b69d8c2?sv=6ae63c9e17267b8b7da5a1fc880452

As someone who based in Sydney but who often travel back to Brisbane to visit families on long weekends I can testify how bad the situation was on Friday night and evening of the last day of the weekends. (Especially between year 2012~2014 for whatever reason)

The worst part is probably being asked to hold pattern above Gold Coast for 20~30mins.

The situation has been mitigated for the past few years but you can sometimes still tell that the flights are often being instructed to take longer route to get into BNE because of the traffic.

2nd runway is desperately needed, well at least before this pandemic...

CraigAnderson wrote:

Apparently Virgin Australia’a administrator needs a $200m loan just to keep the airline alive until it can be sold, with free cash down to $30m when Deloitte was called in. This paints a dire picture of the airline’s finances, far worse than they were previously said to be.

https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/busine ... c4fccb3525

Whatsaptudo wrote:

Virgin Australia's financial position seems to get worse with every news article. I wish them luck, but I feel almost all 20 interested groups of investors will be requiring Government money as part of the proposal. Will the government get involved? I'm not sure.

zkncj wrote:

CraigAnderson wrote:

Apparently Virgin Australia’a administrator needs a $200m loan just to keep the airline alive until it can be sold, with free cash down to $30m when Deloitte was called in. This paints a dire picture of the airline’s finances, far worse than they were previously said to be.

https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/busine ... c4fccb3525

Makes you wonder why they keep saying that your "travel credit" remains valid, sure sounds like they may of spent all of them them?

zkncj wrote:

CraigAnderson wrote:

Apparently Virgin Australia’a administrator needs a $200m loan just to keep the airline alive until it can be sold, with free cash down to $30m when Deloitte was called in. This paints a dire picture of the airline’s finances, far worse than they were previously said to be.

https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/busine ... c4fccb3525

Makes you wonder why they keep saying that your "travel credit" remains valid, sure sounds like they may of spent all of them them?

ben175 wrote:

Question - are domestic travellers currently required to quarantine after arriving in MEL?

SCFlyer wrote:

Being reported across the forums and blogs that UA will be closing their long-haul crew base out of LAX. UA has already reduced SYD-LAX to a seasonal service prior to COVID-19.
Unless if they deadhead the crews into LAX from SFO (or another UA hub), could this be the end of SYD-LAX for UA?

* Could AA downgauge to a 788 or possibly withdraw from SYD-LAX in favour of the daily QF A380 as part of the QF/AA alliance?

* Could this be a reprieve for DL/VA alliance (based on the scenario that a non-LCC consortium gets up in the VA bidding), with DL doing the SYD-LAX flying on behalf of the DL/VA alliance?

* Could DL go it alone if the Indigo Partners LCC conglomerate or a Star-backed consortium gets the nod for VA?

Interesting times ahead.

https://liveandletsfly.com/united-lax-hub-future/

qf2048 wrote:

As redroo said in last months post re QF A330's on East Coast- Perth flying I agree there is a lot of freight that moves. I work in a logistics roll for a company that manufacturers heavy mining equipment. We have a freight account with Toll, who use QF for their same day and priority services. We have had transmissions that weigh over 1000kgs flown from Perth to us on the east coast. Plenty of Q Go stickers all over them. I always like to look at the air way bills on the freight tosee how they travelled.

zkncj wrote:

NZ801 wrote:

Alliance QQ3392 F70 is bringing the NZWarriors to Tamworth from Auckland to begin 14 day iso before training.
Due to land around 17:15 03/05.

https://fr24.com/UTY3392/2470bd5a

Just struggle to see how this flight is classes an an “essential travel”.

As Australian and New Zealanders are currently living with travel restrictions, most can’t travel beyond there own city.

Yet we’re ok for an sports team to fly to Australia? Kind of defeats the do not travel messages both governments are giving.

ABpositive wrote:

With suggestions that travel between Australia and New Zealand might resume "soon", what are everyone thoughts about which routes will open first and who will fly them. I imagine the governments will need to work with airports to set up testing on arrival.

CraigAnderson wrote:

Qantas presses pause on Airbus A380 refurb program, says some A380s may not return from being grounded. Alan Joyce: “there is potential to bring all 12 back (into service), but there is a potential to bring less than 12 back. That will depend on what the recovery scenario looks like.”

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... a380s-747s

a19901213 wrote:

CraigAnderson wrote:

Qantas presses pause on Airbus A380 refurb program, says some A380s may not return from being grounded. Alan Joyce: “there is potential to bring all 12 back (into service), but there is a potential to bring less than 12 back. That will depend on what the recovery scenario looks like.”

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... a380s-747s

We probably won't be seeing any QF 380s flying before the end of this year. And I genuinely believe QF won't be needing 12 380 for next 2 years given the demand would be so low that 380 would simply be burning precious cash out from Qantas.

The only aircraft they should be flying long haul routes for the next few years should be 789 and nothing else.

a19901213 wrote:

CraigAnderson wrote:

Qantas presses pause on Airbus A380 refurb program, says some A380s may not return from being grounded. Alan Joyce: “there is potential to bring all 12 back (into service), but there is a potential to bring less than 12 back. That will depend on what the recovery scenario looks like.”

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... a380s-747s

We probably won't be seeing any QF 380s flying before the end of this year. And I genuinely believe QF won't be needing 12 380 for next 2 years given the demand would be so low that 380 would simply be burning precious cash out from Qantas.

The only aircraft they should be flying long haul routes for the next few years should be 789 and nothing else.

ABpositive wrote:

With suggestions that travel between Australia and New Zealand might resume "soon", what are everyone thoughts about which routes will open first and who will fly them. I imagine the governments will need to work with airports to set up testing on arrival.

tullamarine wrote:

a19901213 wrote:

CraigAnderson wrote:

Qantas presses pause on Airbus A380 refurb program, says some A380s may not return from being grounded. Alan Joyce: “there is potential to bring all 12 back (into service), but there is a potential to bring less than 12 back. That will depend on what the recovery scenario looks like.”

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... a380s-747s

We probably won't be seeing any QF 380s flying before the end of this year. And I genuinely believe QF won't be needing 12 380 for next 2 years given the demand would be so low that 380 would simply be burning precious cash out from Qantas.

The only aircraft they should be flying long haul routes for the next few years should be 789 and nothing else.

You may be right but such an outcome will mean QF International will not be profitable for years to come. It wil be unable to shed costs fast enough to cope with such a massive drop in revenue. Such an outcome will require QF to retrench many thousands of employees.

AVB wrote:

tullamarine wrote:

a19901213 wrote:

We probably won't be seeing any QF 380s flying before the end of this year. And I genuinely believe QF won't be needing 12 380 for next 2 years given the demand would be so low that 380 would simply be burning precious cash out from Qantas.

The only aircraft they should be flying long haul routes for the next few years should be 789 and nothing else.

You may be right but such an outcome will mean QF International will not be profitable for years to come. It wil be unable to shed costs fast enough to cope with such a massive drop in revenue. Such an outcome will require QF to retrench many thousands of employees.

I believe there will be redundancies announced soon. Don’t know the exact numbers but quite a few international cabin crew, pilots and international ops for a much smaller long haul. It’s highly probable 6 A380’s to leave the fleet... watch this space.