JD adds MEL-HGH services! Operating thrice weekly from 16JUN. The route was previously served by MF pre-COVID.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240415-jdjun24mel
... do you think JL will further expand their routes soon? AKL-NRT would be a good addition. It is currently a monopoly for NZ. NZ said in its earnings call in February that Japan was one of its destinations going "really, really well ... both the RASK is being well controlled, the CASK is bei...
Jump to postI guess JQ must have similar CASM to Batik with the Bali crew base doing the flying. Does VA have a Bali crew base? JQ don't exclusively use Bali based crew for these flights. A friend recently took the ADL-DPS flight and the cabin crew were a full ADL based contingent both ways. And no, VA don't h...
Jump to postCould we see more Asia Pacific expansion by AC for the end of this year? MEL, MNL, TPE?
Jump to postQuayWeeAir wrote:News that after the recent launch of international Jetstar flights from Broome to Singapore.. Is that another international city pair will be released within the next coming days from Sydney to somewhere in the Pacific...
KE reducing BNE services from JUL through to OCT: Will see x3 weekly services instead of x5 weekly, operated with A330-200. Overcapacity with JQ in the market during that period? https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240404-kejul24bne Interesting as from the same date OZ, reintroduces seasonal ICN-MEL ser...
Jump to postKE reducing BNE services from JUL through to OCT: Will see x3 weekly services instead of x5 weekly, operated with A330-200. Overcapacity with JQ in the market during that period? https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240404-kejul24bne Interesting as from the same date OZ, reintroduces seasonal ICN-MEL serv...
Jump to postGA used 738 when they served BNE, but that route never made money for them. If they were to expand, it would be to PER. GA should be back to near Pre-Covid capacity as they slowly increase CGK to x4 weekly and DPS back up to daily from both MEL and SYD by mid year. Fun fact: none of the Australian ...
Jump to postIs there any chance GA may expand AU ops again from DPS or CGK? Seems AU carriers have maxed out DPS capacity, surely there is demand for GA to compete with QF/VA with 330 or 738 - have they ever used narrow bodies to east coast AU? I’d love to see GA link up with ZL as a frequent flyer partner, Au...
Jump to postWhen are we getting a VS SkyTeam livery?
Jump to postHave to disagree on the narrowbody side. The A321neo has scarce slots well into the future, yet airlines - even some who have had a 737 preference - are still flocking to it. Yes the order book and available delivery slots for the Max and A321 stretch till the second coming of Christ but what I was...
Jump to post... there’s enough Saffas in WA to sustain the route without worrying about connecting flights. The WA- Sth African born population matches NSW and is higher than any other state. Does that rule out QF or SA launching MEL-JNB? Africa seems like a key gap in MEL's connectivity. As much as I would lo...
Jump to postWith VN plans to be no more BL's major stakeholder (holding <50%) after the restructuring (new investors come in and rescue), BL is supposedly becoming a different airline this time. Of course, if that restructuring can happen... From the business viewpoint, it's understandable that VN expects some...
Jump to postDidn't 2 of Vanessa's Jetstar Pacific's managers spend a lengthy amount of time at the Hanoi Hilton? A former CEO and COO of BL (Jetstar Pacific) were under investigation and quasi-arrest in HCMC for around 6 months. During that time they were under home monitoring, could travel around HCMC (but no...
Jump to postA long time lurker on this thread, I have a question. The Malaysia Airport Berhad, the main operator of KLIA, is reporting they are courting Qantas in resuming SYD-KUL with rumoured 4x weekly flight in 2025. Anyone have heard anything about this? Qantas suspended its flights to Kuala Lumpur in 1999...
Jump to postTravelled on VA 737 VH-VUK last week. It has one very tired interior. Of most note were the seat backs - they had very little 'resistance' in them and the moment anyone leaned into them or grabbed onto them, even slightly, they moved about 2-3 inches. It's not the oldest aircraft in the VA fleet (a...
Jump to posthttps://aviationweek.com/podcasts/window-seat-podcast/podcast-ex. I can't see BNE getting a direct India filght in the short term and def not one to south india. I think you underestimate the BNE-India demand. There is most definitely availability for a direct flight to Delhi, multiple times a week...
Jump to postMH's ambition is to fly to "all major points in Australia three times a day, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and we are reintroducing Brisbane in the very near future." "That entails 20 additional A330neos." Sees Australia-India traffic as key, and senses an opportunity in A...
Jump to postGreat to see SYD on the radar, surprised it wasn’t their first preference but nevertheless…. Has been mentioned services will eventually go daily but I’m not sure if this is the split SYD/MEL service or daily for both ports. It was mentioned to start with MEL will be 3 weekly while SYD will be 4 we...
Jump to postJQ unveils new uniforms to celebrate its 20 years in operation! https://newsroom.jetstar.com/jetstar-unveils-its-new-uniform/ Makes you wonder when QF will announce the hunt for a new uniform. Maybe something in time with project sunrise? I hope VA gets a new one soon too, I just feel like we need ...
Jump to postJQ unveils new uniforms to celebrate its 20 years in operation!
https://newsroom.jetstar.com/jetstar-un ... w-uniform/
Auckland Airport and Air New Zealand reported different takes on Australia in last week's earnings calls: - Auckland Airport said it was seeing "more softness" out of Australia as compared to many of the other markets. "So it's just, again ... whether they're choosing to go to Vietna...
Jump to postBonza just named one of its flonza planes “Bruce”, are these staying for a little longer now?
Jump to postInteresting to see that Network’s fleet of A319 will increase to 9, if they keep their current fleet that would be 24 A320 family planes!
Jump to postOZ is adding new seasonal MEL service schedule from JUL-SEP, increasing to x4 weekly from the current x2 weekly from 02JUL. New flight numbers too: OZ603/604, hopefully this means year round isn’t too far off.
https://m.flyasiana.com/C/AU/EN/custome ... 0001796770
Apparently tomorrow’s Philippine Airlines flight to PER is cancelled, Saturday’s flight is upgraded to 77W Interesting they are going to 77W. How popular is this route? Not heard much about how its going. PR are just having problems with the engines on their NEO fleet atm. That’s why you see wide b...
Jump to postThe majority of the MAX10 orders were placed after Borghetti left from memory - his original vision was a small premium subfleet but that's clearly the distant past by now. At one point VA even cancelled their MAX8 order and was committed purely to the MAX10. My view is that they will wait for the ...
Jump to postIs it weird that no Malaysian carrier flies direct to BNE? They have a pretty good presence in syd/mel/per and MH even serves ADL. Whilst i’m not familiar with bne-kul point to point traffic, would have thought once you add in vfr market to india, tourists to Thailand (currently no service to bne e...
Jump to postThis subject may have been briefly touched on either last month or the month before. With the perpetual delays in the certification of the B737Max10, how much of a headache would this be to VA? I believe, if memory serves correctly, that the original plan was to have it in service by now. However, ...
Jump to postIm assuming SA has an incentive program for aviation much like other states do and this is part of that? I assume, since the SA Government attended the announcement, that they must be offering some sort of incentive to EK though I do question the value of this. By far, the largest part of EK's pax ...
Jump to postUnited Airlines need to wake up to add Houston to Melbourne and they already have SYD-IAH. Getting IAH-SYD to daily and/or year round would be their priority first, it’s never been a particularly strong performer to them. It’s odd to say United need to “wake up”. They have been by far the most acti...
Jump to postGA is increasing its capacity into Australia, both MEL and SYD services to DPS will increase to daily services:
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240201-gans24intl
JL is up-gauging equipment on their HND-SYD route to 77W (currently 789) from 1 June. Those include First class, only airline to offer F in the AU-JP market I believe. I wish they’d bring back W (Premium Y) on their NRT-MEL route but I believe they changed all their intl 788s back to 2-class layout...
Jump to postTK moving MEL launch forward to 01MAR! First 2 flights to be operated with 77W, then 789.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240128-tkmar24mel
EY was the first to cave when QR arrived with their A380 into the PER market. Then EK scaled back and now one flight. I don't remember what SQ's PER capacity was at the time, but if they also increased flights then that would've also dented EK's ability to fill the 2nd/3rd flight. Of course, there ...
Jump to postBatik Air flights from DPS to ADL and v.v. aren't bookable anymore; and I failed to find any news about it. On a related note, Batik Air Indonesia seems to have quietly pulled their 2-class SYD/MEL-DPS flights from the start of the NS24 season, the only Batik Air flights showing up on the booking e...
Jump to postWill be interesting to see how the QF Group also breaks down their WSI operations, I assume they will not want to canibalise their SYD fortress. At most I can only see 4 x daily WSI-MEL/BNE, 2 x daily ADL/CBR and daily PER for mainline (to begin). JQ I can see multiple frequencies to MEL, AVV, BNE,...
Jump to postVA and FC expanding their relationship outside of the current SYD-CBR https://newsroom.virginaustralia.com/release/virgin-australia-set-increase-regional-network-nearly-half-significant-partnership-expansion#:~:text=Thursday%2C%2018%20January%202024%3A%20Regional,by%20approximately%2045%20per%20cen...
Jump to postI'm really surprised SQ have not made plans to restart CBR. I read an article from September that said they have no immediate plans to return, but they would be one of the airlines that could make it work with their connections/brand. They would fill J easily, but Perhaps it's just too hard to fill...
Jump to postSo how is it that VA are permitted to do international whilst being 100% foreign owned ? Something along the lines of operated by “Virgin Australia International” which is 100% owned by VA which itself is an Australian company. VA isn’t entirely 100% foreign owned, the Queensland government owns ab...
Jump to postHow likely would KE keep OZ’s new seasonal MEL-ICN route and other seasonal routes?
Jump to postSeems the media has a bit on this flight requests to DPS https://www.news.com.au/travel/qantas-and-virgin-go-head-to-head-over-bali-flights/news-story/8010e4157e5996bc82f21c6a7a50bf90 Virgin has applied for daily Adelaide - Perth - Denpasar as well as Gold Coast - Perth - Denpasar Qantas want to co...
Jump to postStar Alliance’s Australian network grows! Air China: PEK-SYD/MEL Air Canada: YVR-SYD/BNE Air India: DEL-SYD/MEL BOM-MEL Air New Zealand: AKL-SYD/MEL/BNE/PER/ADL/CNS/OOL/MCY/HBA CHC-SYD/MEL/BNE/OOL WLG-SYD/MEL/BNE ZQN-SYD/MEL All Nippon Airways: HND-SYD NRT-PER Asiana Airlines: ICN-SYD/MEL EVA Air: T...
Jump to postIt’s truly bizarre all the airlines and ownership. Consolidation will need to occur at some point, all these subsidiaries don’t appear highly profitable. I find it so strange that NH has their hands dipped in so many baskets. It seems like they have an interest in all airlines not associated with J...
Jump to postother predictions: CZ to return to both PER and ADL - outside chance of DRW on a 737 at a few days a week or seasonal (think they could make a better go of it than DZ could), CZ are going big on Aus lately, intrigued as to how far they push it TK clearly to be flying to both MEL and SYD, outside ch...
Jump to postRemember you've got SQ very aggressive on the India traffic and coming out of around 13 Indian cities multiple times a day with the combined SQ and TR. And to a lesser extent, but still strong, via KUL you've got Malaysia Airlines to 9 cities, Air Asia group to 9, and Batik group to 6. New comer VJ...
Jump to postProbably found a few old tins of Dulux slate grey at the back of the hangar they didn't want to waste. That strange light grey "Jet" on the tail was a feature of all of Jetstar Pacific's A320s back in the day. Not sure why that was the livery chosen for that particular airline. Vietnamese...
Jump to postLooking at the NZ schedules, I find it interesting that NZ has dropped BNE-ZQN, was the route not doing well for them?
Jump to postI knew about this addition but I got a little excited when you described it as a A359 LH and thought we'd finally get Y+ back and I'd missed something - sadly no, just another Regional Config A359 with the terribly uncomfortable Y seats! Where do you see the new flight as a A359MH instead of a A359...
Jump to postFor sure. That said, the comments above make me wonder if UA is cautious, but optimistic the expanded services go year round in future seasons. I do think UA has done a lot to repair their brand and product in AU and US, their hard product is pretty impressive these days. I prefer Polaris seats to ...
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