The flight will need to come from the east coast because there are no International crew based in Perth. The sand gropers can’t operate the A330 internationallly. I think you will find us 'Sand gropers' can operate A330 internationally, and you will find us 'Sand Gropers' operate quiet a few differ...
Jump to postFrom my sources PER-JNB defiantly going ahead, start date also correct. Also some talk it may run as a single flight number MEL-PER-JNB but defiantly not a certainty According to airlineroute the flight as of 9 April QF have removed from schedule filing The flight will need to come from the east co...
Jump to postVH-ZND - New Livery will be released today!! Keep a look out for it!
Jump to postI do hope this mini hub in PER will be bigger than just a couple of flights to LHR and CDG. Aside from LHR, CDG, FRA, JNB and maybe BOM, where else though? Perhaps CPT? I can't see the Middle East working, or the rest of Africa. I'm not sure the fact that Jetstar did it badly makes if a bad idea. I...
Jump to postToday tonight Perth addition did story on new upgrades rolling out at the airport. Interesting airport boss talk up japan but also said delegation in India this month trying to secure flights. I remember BA as a kid did Perth-Bombay-London. hmmm i wonder if this could spark the PER-SIN-BOM/BLR rumo...
Jump to postI think the DRW hub ship has sailed, i look at it like this, why stop and transit in DRW when i can go direct into Asia, via most Capital Australian cities, and connect through the Asian destinations, which IMHO as set up a lot better for connection. the average flying time to DRW via most ports ex...
Jump to postToday tonight Perth addition did story on new upgrades rolling out at the airport. Interesting airport boss talk up japan but also said delegation in India this month trying to secure flights. I remember BA as a kid did Perth-Bombay-London. hmmm i wonder if this could spark the PER-SIN-BOM/BLR rumo...
Jump to postI think the DRW hub ship has sailed, i look at it like this, why stop and transit in DRW when i can go direct into Asia, via most Capital Australian cities, and connect through the Asian destinations, which IMHO as set up a lot better for connection. the average flying time to DRW via most ports ex ...
Jump to postQF, uses generally a Panasonic IFE equipped BSI aircraft on these international routes. It's down to basically making sure it's a IFE equipped aircraft on that route, as well as DPS, also it must be able to have a 'Crew Rest Facility' installed, which is easy to do on a BSI B737 What does QF do for...
Jump to post^^ There are "infrequent" flyers as well, so they probably wouldn't be aware of commonality. There are literally millions of Australians who are QF FF's who are very infrequent travellers (I would suspect who travel economy). They love travelling the Big Red and wouldn't fly anyone else. ...
Jump to postHey TN486,Nothing has been officially released to the crew yet, but I believe the A320's are predominantly for the likes of GBW/CKW/SLJ first, this will free up atleast 1 B738 for double daily SIN. We were communicated the changes would take place March - the start of the Winter Schedule, however l...
Jump to postThe PER-SIN and SYD-DPS flights are only ever operated by -VZZ and XZA thru to J....not sure what differences -XZL thru to -XZP have and why these never operate these longer International services. Any takers?? If I recall correctly XZP was used for the inaug ural QF71/72 flight back in 2015. I als...
Jump to postHey TN486,Nothing has been officially released to the crew yet, but I believe the A320's are predominantly for the likes of GBW/CKW/SLJ first, this will free up atleast 1 B738 for double daily SIN. We were communicated the changes would take place March - the start of the Winter Schedule, however l...
Jump to postWith regard to premium economy, would be interesting to contrast how much is bound for Asia on CX, SQ and how much is continuing on to Europe. I wonder where the majority of the public see value in premium economy? Maybe 8hrs? I’m not sure QF could achieve a market like SQ/CX to Asia. I’d be skepti...
Jump to postOn other news, the 39 QF B738 with Qantas Entertainment BYOD are getting fitted with USB ports in YC and JC will be getting USB/Power Ports. Retro fitting has already begun. Great news for the travelling public.
Jump to postChanging the subject somewhat, what specific routes will these ex JQ A320's be flying in the west ? Hey TN486, Nothing has been officially released to the crew yet, but I believe the A320's are predominantly for the likes of GBW/CKW/SLJ first, this will free up atleast 1 B738 for double daily SIN. ...
Jump to postQF have a virtual fly through of the T3 International Terminal, and I have seen it, and it's great, but it's only been released to QF staff It looks good. Also, even thought the transit lounge will on,y be open to the customers transiting through from LHR, remember that there is also a Internationa...
Jump to postI find it frustrating with QF and the constant reconfigure of the aircraft. At the time of the business suite install it was plain for all to see that the one toilet in J was a bad idea and these “domestic” birds would eventually be used internationally. Fast forward a few years and the birds are f...
Jump to postThanks, that actually sounds really good. I’m surprised Qantas hasn’t released some fancy animated VR ‘fly through’ to really show how good this might be. QF have a virtual fly through of the T3 International Terminal, and I have seen it, and it's great, but it's only been released to QF staff It l...
Jump to postI think the thing that everyone is forgetting is that the A330 fleet, both 200's and 300's were reconfigured so that they can be used on both the Domestic and International networks, with a offering that works for both. I don't think the business case works for Premium Economy for Domestic ops, if ...
Jump to postI haven't seen their reconfig however on their older configs they wouldn't have the space up front for PE as well as J in those galleys. Too far to the Y galley. Not sure if they still do but some of the A330 had business behind the door 2 galley also which is where I was getting at. A333 - https:/...
Jump to postLooks like QF A332s will expand international services with QF from around September 2018 with SYD-HKG, SYD-KX, SYD-BKK, SYD-PVG, and SYD-PEK all seeing A332s being operated in a 27J/237Y config, I can only assume this will be the 8 IFE fitted A332s - VH-EBM,EBN,EBO,EBP,EBQ,EBR,EBS,EBV. I can still...
Jump to postI find it crazy JQ nor TT can make BNE-PER work. QF and VA must make a killing on this route because fares are usually very expensive. Everytime I've asked the question around the B738/A330 question on the PER-BNE-PER flight, the same response happens; it's not a very profitable route for QF to ope...
Jump to postInteresting observation here about QF's new PER lounge, it will be a dedicated "transit lounge" and only for passengers on QF9/10, must have something to do with layout of T3's international wing and location of the lounge in regard to security? Does anybody over at PER know which T3 gate...
Jump to postGoodbye wrote:Any ideas when QF will announce their domestic 789 flights?
.... It's been a long time since I have posted, it's taken me that long to get around this new website....
It looks like QF is flying back to KIX seasonally 14DEC17-24MAR18 QF33 SYD-KIX, QF34 KIX-SYD 3 X Weekly. Operated by A330.
In response to Ditzyboy: When the original Impulse Cabin Crew became Qantaslink cabin crew around 2002, those cabin crew gained the right for career progression into Qantas Mainline, both domestic and International. In order to preserve that right when those same crew arbitrarily became Jetstar emp...
Jump to postSpeaking of NTL, what international routes can be sustainable, given how close Sydney is? Taking into account Sydney traffic peak hour traffic, NLK could appeal to anyone from the NorWestern Regions in Sydney. You kind of have to be North of Hornsby and East of Berowra for NTL to make sense. Certai...
Jump to postInteresting to see the 717 on these routes. Do any of them have Business class on them .The last one I flew on was all economy. Doing BNE>TSV & BNE- ISA a lot last year Business was well patronised on most flights AN767 Yep, there are currently 8 B717s with 12 business and 98 economy seats. A n...
Jump to postHi Everyone, I think you will find that us Australian based QF crew operate quiet a few Tasman services daily and seasonally; QF171/172 MEL-WLG-MEL Rtn duty QF151/152 MEL-AKL-MEL overnight QF181/182 SYD-ZQN-SYD Rtn duty QF137/136 SYD-CHC-SYD Rtn duty QF135/134 BNE-CHC-BNE Rtn Duty QF123/126 BNE-AKL-...
Jump to postI love it when we get an AA codeshare customer on our QF flights here in Australia, and it doesn't matter what class they are travelling with us domestically, they are mesmerised on the amount of onboard service we do! It doesn't matter if it's a SYD-CBR (our shortest domestic route 23mins) or a BNE...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/bunumuring" class="quote" target="_blank">bunumuring</a> (<a href="#103" class="quote">Reply 103</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I don't...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qf789" class="quote" target="_blank">qf789</a> (<a href="#69" class="quote">Reply 69</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Correct, the cargo ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DeltaB717" class="quote" target="_blank">DeltaB717</a> (<a href="#65" class="quote">Reply 65</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> So if that ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/a320fan" class="quote" target="_blank">a320fan</a> (<a href="#62" class="quote">Reply 62</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I've seen the p...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IndianicWorld" class="quote" target="_blank">IndianicWorld</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Woo...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/csturdiv" class="quote" target="_blank">csturdiv</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Have they not...
Jump to postIn the middle of winter weather we (QF) operate a B738 <acronym title="Brisbane (- Eagle Farm) (BNE / YBBN), Australia - Queensland">BNE</acronym>-<acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym> that easily touches 6hrs, the longest I've done this same sector is 6hrs...
Jump to postQF went from Double daily <acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> on A333's which were not economical to Daily B738's and now going 10 x weekly from July with the outlook of going back ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eta+unknown" class="quote" target="_blank">eta unknown</a> (<a href="#120" class="quote">Reply 120</a>):<br/><i> Quoting JQflightie (Reply 101):...
Jump to postVA are currently positioning VA aircraft to <acronym title="Denpasar / Bali - Ngurah Rai International (DPS / WADD), Indonesia">DPS</acronym> to operate back to Australia due to this <acronym title="Air Lithuania">TT</acronym> stuff up - surely this is wasted money adding to the dire situation at VA...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mariner" class="quote" target="_blank">mariner</a> (<a href="#108" class="quote">Reply 108</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> Well said, I ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IndianicWorld" class="quote" target="_blank">IndianicWorld</a> (<a href="#96" class="quote">Reply 96</a>):<br/><i/></font></td></tr></table> I'v...
Jump to postI give them max 2 weeks before they start transferring flight to Tiger....
Jump to postI think the problems run deeper than what we are seeing, you talk to anyone that works for them....
Jump to post[quote=bunumuring,reply=67] Does anybody have any idea on when <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> will look at a possible neo or MAX order for mainline? Any latest news or hot gossip?[/quote Hey Bunumuring, Atm, April sometime is decision time for the <acronym title="Sterling European ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/qfvhoqa" class="quote" target="_blank">qfvhoqa</a> (<a href="#44" class="quote">Reply 44</a>):<br/><i> I'm not so sure it matters that much for ...
Jump to postQF have a B738 that was retrofitted as a trial (we still have it). Basically it has the BSI overhead lockers but none of the LED lighting system, the rego is VH-VXC
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/eta+unknown" class="quote" target="_blank">eta unknown</a> (<a href="#46" class="quote">Reply 46</a>):<br/><i> </i></font></td></tr></table> Yes...
Jump to postI'm going to add my 2 cents to the debate re <acronym title="Normandie Aviation (France)">ID</acronym> Checks and No Fly Lists. I was boarding a flight the other week in <acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym> and the AFP did a random spot check on my flight ...
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