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gpasternak wrote:To some perhaps an insignificant change (and apologies if already discussed)....but I noticed QF changed their baggage allowance for economy to/from North America for tickets purchased from 25/3/21. I believe UA already charge for a second bag, whereas Delta does not. I guess this further delineates premium economy from economy.
https://www.qantas.com/us/en/travel-inf ... ml#checked
Chipmunk1973 wrote:I flew back to BNE from DRW today. A couple of things:
1: A QF 787 flew from DRW to SYD about half an hour before my flight. Can’t exactly recall the flight number but I think it was QF6001. I always thought the 6xxx flight numbers were used for repositioning but there were pax on it.
2: Hot meals served for all classes on the flight. Interestingly though they ran out of meals for J class, again. I was lucky today but it happened to me when flying from HBA to BNE over a month ago. Not sure why this seems to happen as there was a Dnata catering truck loading onto the flight before it departed. But the customer service manager still managed to source (sauce? ) hot meals from Y and still offered them a complimentary bottle of Pinot Noir. They seemed over the moon about it.
Tassieboy wrote:Chipmunk1973 wrote:I flew back to BNE from DRW today. A couple of things:
1: A QF 787 flew from DRW to SYD about half an hour before my flight. Can’t exactly recall the flight number but I think it was QF6001. I always thought the 6xxx flight numbers were used for repositioning but there were pax on it.
2: Hot meals served for all classes on the flight. Interestingly though they ran out of meals for J class, again. I was lucky today but it happened to me when flying from HBA to BNE over a month ago. Not sure why this seems to happen as there was a Dnata catering truck loading onto the flight before it departed. But the customer service manager still managed to source (sauce? ) hot meals from Y and still offered them a complimentary bottle of Pinot Noir. They seemed over the moon about it.
Crew position on those flights as they’re not always able to pax on regular domestic flights due to isolation requirements, maybe that’s what it was?
LTEN11 wrote:Tassieboy wrote:Chipmunk1973 wrote:I flew back to BNE from DRW today. A couple of things:
1: A QF 787 flew from DRW to SYD about half an hour before my flight. Can’t exactly recall the flight number but I think it was QF6001. I always thought the 6xxx flight numbers were used for repositioning but there were pax on it.
2: Hot meals served for all classes on the flight. Interestingly though they ran out of meals for J class, again. I was lucky today but it happened to me when flying from HBA to BNE over a month ago. Not sure why this seems to happen as there was a Dnata catering truck loading onto the flight before it departed. But the customer service manager still managed to source (sauce? ) hot meals from Y and still offered them a complimentary bottle of Pinot Noir. They seemed over the moon about it.
Crew position on those flights as they’re not always able to pax on regular domestic flights due to isolation requirements, maybe that’s what it was?
These flights can also bring down returned travelers who have completed the quarantine requirements.
Chipmunk1973 wrote:I flew back to BNE from DRW today. A couple of things:
1: A QF 787 flew from DRW to SYD about half an hour before my flight. Can’t exactly recall the flight number but I think it was QF6001. I always thought the 6xxx flight numbers were used for repositioning but there were pax on it.
2: Hot meals served for all classes on the flight. Interestingly though they ran out of meals for J class, again. I was lucky today but it happened to me when flying from HBA to BNE over a month ago. Not sure why this seems to happen as there was a Dnata catering truck loading onto the flight before it departed. But the customer service manager still managed to source (sauce? ) hot meals from Y and still offered them a complimentary bottle of Pinot Noir. They seemed over the moon about it.
Fuling wrote:Very happy seeing all those aircraft flying across the Tasman! How did the terminal arrangement work out in the end?
Fuling wrote:Very happy seeing all those aircraft flying across the Tasman! How did the terminal arrangement work out in the end?
Fuling wrote:Very happy seeing all those aircraft flying across the Tasman! How did the terminal arrangement work out in the end?
EK413 wrote:Fuling wrote:Very happy seeing all those aircraft flying across the Tasman! How did the terminal arrangement work out in the end?
SYD T1...
Personally, I see this as a missed opportunity to consolidate QF Regional/Domestic/Tasman flights under the 1 roof...
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zkncj wrote:Qantas seems to be kicking of the Tasman bubble with an big start tomorrow.
AKL-SYD 3x A330
AKL-MEL 3x A330
AKL-BNE 1x A330, 1x 738
AKL-OOL 1x 738
WLG-SYD 1x 738
WLG-MEL 1x 738
CHC-SYD 1x A330
CHC-MEL 1x 738
CHC-BNE 1x 738
ZQN-SYD 1x 738
Not bad for the first day back into semi normal Tasman operations. Bringing that many a330s back onto the Tasman must of required an large amount of cabin crew to be re-employeed?
rtav wrote:Fuling wrote:Very happy seeing all those aircraft flying across the Tasman! How did the terminal arrangement work out in the end?
Not sure about the other major ports, but Perth’s NZ flight just came in at the international terminal like all other flights. Nothing out of the norm it seems, although there aren’t any other international arrivals when NZ arrives here.
qf789 wrote:Qantas will operate a one off charter SYD-IST in late May, block time in 17hrs and 40 mins from SYD
https://twitter.com/theaeronetwork/stat ... 63786?s=21
QF41 wrote:qf789 wrote:Qantas will operate a one off charter SYD-IST in late May, block time in 17hrs and 40 mins from SYD
https://twitter.com/theaeronetwork/stat ... 63786?s=21
Is this a repat flight returning to Darwin?
tullamarine wrote:South China Morning Post is reporting that, following a review of its planned post-Covid network operations, CX will close its pilot bases in both Australia and New Zealand. Its Canada pilot base is also being axed. US and European bases are still being reviewed with further cuts likely.
CraigAnderson wrote:EY announced overnight it would retire its entire B777 fleet and also the A380s would remain grounded indefinitely, reading between the lines that means "never coming back"
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... -777-300er
What's the likely impact of this on EY's services to Australia? The airline has already confirmed it has dropped Brisbane, but with no A380s and no B777s this means the fleet will be substantially smaller, so while SYD and MEL should still be within range of Etihad's B787s or A350s, can it really justify serving those cities when EK already does so, and against competitors like QR and SQ, when there'd likely be far more profitable routes EY could choose?
CraigAnderson wrote:EY announced overnight it would retire its entire B777 fleet and also the A380s would remain grounded indefinitely, reading between the lines that means "never coming back"
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... -777-300er
What's the likely impact of this on EY's services to Australia? The airline has already confirmed it has dropped Brisbane, but with no A380s and no B777s this means the fleet will be substantially smaller, so while SYD and MEL should still be within range of Etihad's B787s or A350s, can it really justify serving those cities when EK already does so, and against competitors like QR and SQ, when there'd likely be far more profitable routes EY could choose?
a320fan wrote:CraigAnderson wrote:EY announced overnight it would retire its entire B777 fleet and also the A380s would remain grounded indefinitely, reading between the lines that means "never coming back"
https://www.executivetraveller.com/news ... -777-300er
What's the likely impact of this on EY's services to Australia? The airline has already confirmed it has dropped Brisbane, but with no A380s and no B777s this means the fleet will be substantially smaller, so while SYD and MEL should still be within range of Etihad's B787s or A350s, can it really justify serving those cities when EK already does so, and against competitors like QR and SQ, when there'd likely be far more profitable routes EY could choose?
I wouldn’t expect much impact assuming there’s a rebound in intl capacity. MEL was already 789 and SYD as the poster above says would be prime for the A35K or if they don’t want to put that capacity 789.
melpax wrote:Another Hotel Quarantine breach, this time it was someone travelling PER-MEL after completing quarantine in Perth. Pax was apparently told to isolate on arrival in MEL on Wednesday as the person in the neighboring hotel room in Perth had tested positive. The Melbourne arrival tested positive this morning. As a result all Pax & Crew who flew QF778 (PER-MEL)on Wednesday have been ordered to get tested & isolate for 14 days. Rumors of new restrictions in Perth to be announced also..
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 57lrw.html
EK413 wrote:melpax wrote:Another Hotel Quarantine breach, this time it was someone travelling PER-MEL after completing quarantine in Perth. Pax was apparently told to isolate on arrival in MEL on Wednesday as the person in the neighboring hotel room in Perth had tested positive. The Melbourne arrival tested positive this morning. As a result all Pax & Crew who flew QF778 (PER-MEL)on Wednesday have been ordered to get tested & isolate for 14 days. Rumors of new restrictions in Perth to be announced also..
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 57lrw.html
WA going into a 3 day lock down...
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zkncj wrote:EK413 wrote:melpax wrote:Another Hotel Quarantine breach, this time it was someone travelling PER-MEL after completing quarantine in Perth. Pax was apparently told to isolate on arrival in MEL on Wednesday as the person in the neighboring hotel room in Perth had tested positive. The Melbourne arrival tested positive this morning. As a result all Pax & Crew who flew QF778 (PER-MEL)on Wednesday have been ordered to get tested & isolate for 14 days. Rumors of new restrictions in Perth to be announced also..
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 57lrw.html
WA going into a 3 day lock down...
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And there goes the bubble... how will New Zealand react? They had already stated that if an state went into an short snap lockdown they would honour that.
But then New Zealand had an boarder worker case this week and did nothing about it.
zkncj wrote:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/transtasman-loophole-closed-with-emergency-law-to-stop-fleeing-aussies/SG2OZADT2XSEWXHCC74FP72OTY/?ref=readmore
On Monday Australia rushed through an new law, that would cover Australian that used New Zealand as an way to leave Australia. If you leave Australia via New Zealand you can now face an $68,000 fine or 5 years imprisonments for doing so.
Seem extremely harsh and against human rights to prevent Australian from leaving New Zealand, to travel onto another country. The current International travel bad is already boarder line, but to extend it to an external country where Australians have the freedom to call home.
zkncj wrote:EK413 wrote:melpax wrote:Another Hotel Quarantine breach, this time it was someone travelling PER-MEL after completing quarantine in Perth. Pax was apparently told to isolate on arrival in MEL on Wednesday as the person in the neighboring hotel room in Perth had tested positive. The Melbourne arrival tested positive this morning. As a result all Pax & Crew who flew QF778 (PER-MEL)on Wednesday have been ordered to get tested & isolate for 14 days. Rumors of new restrictions in Perth to be announced also..
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... 57lrw.html
WA going into a 3 day lock down...
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And there goes the bubble... how will New Zealand react? They had already stated that if an state went into an short snap lockdown they would honour that.
But then New Zealand had an boarder worker case this week and did nothing about it.
qf789 wrote:Cathay Pacific 77W B-KPX has been removed from storage at ASP today and positioned back to HKG
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/b-kpx
Ex Virgin A332 VH-XFH has departed BNE and positioning for MCT, most likely heading for TEV
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-xfh
qf789 wrote:The word of words between REX and Qantas continues
Last week Sharp accused Qantas of being technically insolvent.
https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/ ... insolvent/
Joyce replied a couple days later saying REX airplanes are so old that propellers are literally falling off
https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/ ... ng-column/
Deano969 wrote:qf789 wrote:The word of words between REX and Qantas continues
Last week Sharp accused Qantas of being technically insolvent.
https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/ ... insolvent/
Joyce replied a couple days later saying REX airplanes are so old that propellers are literally falling off
https://australianaviation.com.au/2021/ ... ng-column/
To be fair
No props have fallen off for years...
moa999 wrote:And how many new prop planes has Rex bought since that prop fell off?
anstar wrote:moa999 wrote:And how many new prop planes has Rex bought since that prop fell off?
None... and with an average fleet age fo 24.6 years you'd think they might start buying some.