QF To Fly SYD-PER-SAW On April 21

777dfw · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:23 am

Looks like QF is flying this as a charter. Sorry for misunderstanding.

http://instagram.com/p/yGHFa8w-zA/?modal=true

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mhkansan · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:26 am

I wonder what the equipment will be? 747?

OA260 · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:27 am

Is it just a one off though ? The wording seems to suggest so.

kiwiandrew · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:28 am

Don't get too excited. As far as I am aware it's just a one off SYD-PER-IST return flight due to the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli.

Gemuser · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:29 am

Quoting 777DFW (Thread starter):
To begin April 21st. Interesting new route for QF and IST!

AFAIK its a "one off" flight in support of the Centenary of Gallipoli commemorations on 25/4/15.

Gemuser

777Jet · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:30 am

Quoting kiwiandrew (Reply 3):
Don't get too excited. As far as I am aware it's just a one off SYD-PER-IST return flight due to the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli.

The timing of the flight fits in perfectly with the ANZAC flight that has been planned for ages. I just thought it was not to IST but to a different airport when first announced???

texan · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:32 am

Qantas has announced a special Sydney-Perth-Istanbul return 747 flight for ANZAC centenary in April. Flight number QF100 both ways.

Texan

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TK787 · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:32 am

Quoting 777Jet (Reply 5):
I just thought it was not to IST but to a different airport when first announced???

It was supposed to be SAW, the number 2 airport in Istanbul.

kiwiandrew · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:32 am

Quoting 777Jet (Reply 5):
he timing of the flight fits in perfectly with the ANZAC flight that has been planned for ages. I just thought it was not to IST but to a different airport when first announced???

Ooops, I think you're right, I am pretty sure it is in to Sabiha Gökçen ( SAW ) rather than the main Istanbul airport.

777Jet · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:44 am

Quoting TK787 (Reply 7):
Quoting 777Jet (Reply 5):
I just thought it was not to IST but to a different airport when first announced???

It was supposed to be SAW, the number 2 airport in Istanbul.

Quoting kiwiandrew (Reply 8):
Quoting 777Jet (Reply 5):
he timing of the flight fits in perfectly with the ANZAC flight that has been planned for ages. I just thought it was not to IST but to a different airport when first announced???

Ooops, I think you're right, I am pretty sure it is in to Sabiha Gökçen ( SAW ) rather than the main Istanbul airport.

Thanks for confirming - I just forgot the name / code of the other airport in Istanbul.

LAXintl · Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:45 am

Its a one-time ANZAC charter

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...ntenary-of-anzac-flight-to-turkey/

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wzafar · Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:23 am

why don't they do it non-stop? Technical reasons? Range?

777Jet · Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:49 am

Quoting wzafar (Reply 11):
why don't they do it non-stop? Technical reasons? Range?

Sydney - Istanbul is over 9,000 miles so the plane wouldn't have the legs anyway...

Also, maybe to pick up some people from the West Coast attending but I could be wrong...

SYDSpotter · Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:45 am

Quoting 777Jet (Reply 12):
Also, maybe to pick up some people from the West Coast attending but I could be wrong...

Yes, a technical stop needs to be made somewhere, so PER makes a good choice given there will be some passengers flying ex-PER.

SIN/BKK would've been a better technical stop as the PER-IST leg is 7400 miles (which is equivalent to SYD-DXB) so its a good thing that cargo/payload is not essential for this one flight. But as above, it makes sense to pick up Ex-PER passengers along the way rather than having them backtrack to SYD.

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Stealthz · Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:33 am

I will already be in Istanbul(flying Turkish Airlines from Mun) might make the trip back out to IST(or SAW) to get a photo of a "red tail" out of it's natural environment..

AAIL86 · Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:32 pm

Quoting LAXintl (Reply 10):
ts a one-time ANZAC charter

http://australianaviation.com.au/201...ntenary-of-anzac-flight-to-turkey/

Is it actually a charter? its loaded in the GDS. Return flight on 28APR...

22APR WED PER/Z‡8 SAW/-5
1QF 100 J9 C9 D9 I8 U0 W9 R9 PERSAW 240A 1230P DCA /E
T9 Z3 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 L9 V0 S9 N9 Q9 O9 G0 X9 E0

28APR TUE SAW/Z‡3 PER/‡5
1QF 100 J9 C9 D9*SAWPER 200P 920A‡1 744 LR 0 T DCA /E
I8 U0 W9 R9 T9 Z3 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9

benjjk · Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:22 am

Quoting AAIL86 (Reply 15):

I think it's a sort of "open charter", a one-off flight that is open for anybody to book on.

DeltaB717 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:35 am

It's definitely available to book via qantas.com - not sure if that helps, but it does eliminate closed charter.

CBRboy · Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:15 am

This subject was discussed extensively starting on 3 January in this thread after Qantas started advertising the flights.

ipodguy7 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:18 am

Quoting cbrboy (Reply 18):
This subject was discussed extensively starting on 3 January in this thread after Qantas started advertising the flights.

For the 99.9% of Anetters who don't follow the Australian Aviation thread regularily, the posting of the OP's thread is informative and interesting and serves the purpose of informing the community that this incredible flight is taking place. No one wants to dig through 202 replies to find a nugget of information on this commemerative flight.

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qf002 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:58 am

Quoting AAIL86 (Reply 15):
Is it actually a charter?

They might have negotiated a big group booking/commitment (ie 200 people) and are now just selling the leftover seats in order to fill the plane up.

I doubt that they would have scheduled something like this without a firm commitment from somebody somewhere (IIRC they did the same for the World Cup in Brazil last year, and there was speculation that SYD-YVR could be a similar arrangement).

LAXintl · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:11 am

Quoting AAIL86 (Reply 15):
Is it actually a charter? its loaded in the GDS. Return flight on 28APR...

Yes it was filed as a charter with authorities in Turkey (posted in Turkish thread a bit back), more specifically as a 'scheduled charter'

Loading in GDS not that odd. Carriers like Condor, Monarch, etc often load charter series in GDS as well since seat only sales are possible by the carrier outside the organizers allocation.

777Jet · Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:26 am

I wonder if it will be on one of the six 747-400ERs that only QF operate or just one of QF's regular non-ER 747-400s?

Not that many or possibly any of the pax would care

JQflightie · Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:21 am

But what they should know is that Turkey allows 5Lts of duty free in

DeltaB717 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:26 pm

Quoting 777Jet (Reply 22):
I wonder if it will be on one of the six 747-400ERs that only QF operate or just one of QF's regular non-ER 747-400s?

I read somewhere else that the seat map that comes up through booking on qantas.com is the 'A380-style' B744. Which means either a -400ER or OJS, OJT or OJU.