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 Always great to see more China service. I’ve gone twice this year just based on the airfares out of Sydney (got $200 SYD-CKG-URC!). Only in...
Jump to postI fly about 50-100 times a year, mostly in business class, simply because I love travel and planes (plus necessary trips to see family, attend events etc). When I worked I was about double that. I usually pay cash as I don’t have any particular loyalty - trying new airlines is one of my favourite pa...
Jump to postanstar wrote:Looks like a 3am arrival into SIN then a 1020am departure to IST... thats not a great layover!
Given the frequency of sales recently and the size of the discount on top of already cheap fares, could this be a sign of financial distress? I would be quite surprised if they were breaking even at these fare levels. The Gold Coast hub has been a cluster from the get go - they had to cancel a lot ...
Jump to postOff topic, but as a follow up on CPT - whats the safety situation there? I was going to go and work in JNB some time ago (but didnt) and the briefings I got on safety there were quite an eye opener. Im assuming CPT has issues but not as many as JNB? Different leagues. Cape Town, for tourists, is mo...
Jump to postWould you recommend CPT as a holiday destination though? I think most people who have been there would. Tonnes to do there, great food, good scuba diving, wildlife experiences...one of the best places in the world for wine tourism. For Jetstar I don't think it's a great fit though, but if they real...
Jump to postAA, AB, AF, AI, AM, AS, AT BA, BI, BT CO D7 EI, EK, ET FJ, FR G3, GF HA, HU, HY I J9, JE, JG, JJ, JQ, JS KC, KE, KU LH, LO MD, MF, MK, MS, MU NT, NZ OI, OS PG, PX, PY QF, QR RO SA, SZ TG, TK, TO, TP, TZ UL, US VA, VB, VN, VX WY XR Y4, Y6, YV ZL, ZM I'm using the same automated script I do to pull do...
Jump to postQF changed and now offer complimentary alcohol domestically after 12, prior to this is was after 5. QF hand out mini wine bottles, crew are exceptionally generous and will normally do two rounds on SYD-MEL, and often offer a third to take home haha! Yup. And often they'd dole it out before 4PM too....
Jump to postNot quite :(. I always had trouble cataloguing flights since I don't have good travel records before 2017 - like I knew I'd been to XTG and ZQN but I had no record or recollection of it. However I've meticulously logged flights since then and wrote a script to pull everything from MyFlightRadar24. I...
Jump to postThese flights need to be sold in the GDS to be successful, unlike previous attempts to fly to HKG and MFM where tickets were only sold at select travel agencies. Some sort of Macau flight still exists. I was at Koror airport on the 5th of December waiting for the late night PX departure and there w...
Jump to postDoes anybody know how long the government is funding the BNE-ROR flights for? I just got back and want to go again, but to say my flights this week had low patronage would be an understatement and I can't see them lasting without subsidy so wondering if it's a "get in while it's still available...
Jump to posthttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/mystery-investor-777-partners-bought-165507735.html This was posted in the Flair thread but relevant here too. More question marks over the behaviour of 777 partners. I wonder if the biggest risk to Bonzas future is not the markets it’s chasing and local management bu...
Jump to postJetstar has announced 3 per week Melbourne to Hervey Bay from 20th June 24. Operating Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday JQ884 MEL-HVB 12:30-14:55 JQ885 HVB-MEL 15:35-18:15 Genuinely shocked they didn’t already operate this. They have flown it previously, haven’t they? JetGo announced it but never laun...
Jump to postNothing booked yet, 2024 will be the year I make lots of short trips close to home (BNE) rather than the months-long round-the-world trips I usually do. Only flight I know for sure I will fly on is Tianjin Airlines Sydney->Chongqing around Easter weekend. My intention though is to get a 12 month Chi...
Jump to postSauceGod1 wrote:Currently major delays at MEL with unfavourable winds, with aircraft even diverting to AVV!
Thanks to a myriad of Chinese subsidies and open skies? A lot of secondary Chinese have pushed out a lot of subsidies over the years to attract long haul services. They're generally available to both foreign and domestic carriers (e.g., JQ's MEL-CGO flight, or BA's LHR-CTU) but often the moment the...
Jump to postJust noticed there's quietly an increase in the number of Chinese carriers adding/resuming new routes to Australia over the next few weeks, emphasising the thawing in relations between Australia and China. I have strong personal excitement for this, I love random China getaways and will be availing...
Jump to postIn China and have booked an XIY to QSZ flight on Tuesday, so I can finally definitively say I’ve flown the alphabet.
Jump to postI wouldn’t be surprised if JQ to HNL is the first to go, lower price point customers, to what is essentially a beach destination with lots of other options for similar types of holidays Maybe but I wouldn’t bet on it. As the cost at the destination soars, low cost flights will become more and more ...
Jump to postspeaking of odd flights as per 2 posts above. Notice there's a SIN-ROK flight this evening operated operating as BI4273 with a 788, defence force charter? edit: just found this found is the second SIN-ROK today, there was also BI4272 earlier this morning. Lots of ties between SIN and ROK with the S...
Jump to postIn BNE so we get a lot. Mostly 737s, A330s, A320s etc. 717s and Fokker 100s are both quite common on regional routes (though the 717s are phasing out). Fokker 70s as well. I saw an Air Niugini Fokker 100 the other day - flying internationally to Port Moresby. Usually they operate a 767 here. Plenty ...
Jump to postChina Southern boosting Brisbane to a daily service over the summer, before the route is even launched.
I’m hoping to see more service to secondary cities to increase pricing pressure - I miss the flood of Chinese carriers and the days when you could fly direct from Hobart to Kashgar for $150.
Just curious to why CZ and MU have quickly ramped up both SYD and MEL so quickly, even adding back their secondary routes but there’s still no sign of them returning to PER, BNE, ADL this year? No idea, it’s quite surprising to me. Given CZ’s superconnector strategy, you’d think they’d want more po...
Jump to postABX is a surprise, I would've thought ABX-MCY would've been a seasonal route for the "Sunshine Coasters" wanting to go to the snow. It’s their best performing route, their CEO confirmed recently in an interview. It could still be seasonal demand - they’ve only really operated for one seas...
Jump to postInvited to Ukraine in September and just booked most flights. Coordinated a few other meetings and catch ups on the same trip. So these are new additions for the year: Sydney to Ho Chi Minh - Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh to London - Vietnam Airlines London to Dublin - Aer Lingus Liverpool to Warsaw ...
Jump to postIs AU Nepal that big a market? I know it’s a growing tourism destination for Aussie…. But agree even nonstop seems a stretch. Tourism market is growing, but the main reason is the Nepalese diaspora which is large and growing very quickly. Apparently Kathmandu is the second largest market in South A...
Jump to postoptions flying EK remain selectable from the QF website In addition, it is somewhat surprising that QF is offering W seats to LHR for around $5000 return on their own flights whereas EK are closer to $6000. QF is traditionally the expensive option so it is weird they are so much cheaper than EK. Th...
Jump to postutaussiefan wrote:Interesting to see the E190 being used on international routes.
Unfortunately the paper maths for one flight is simplistic. 100% LF is only optimal if the amount of loss leading fares was <30% and you were able to charge some ridiculous last minute prices for the last few seats. I highly doubt this was the case. I had $8000 for the total revenue of my flight. W...
Jump to postI also don’t understand why everything has to be through the app - surely the added revenue from extra bookings would make up for the added expense? They could even add a small ‘website booking’ surcharge if they wanted to push people to the app. How many passengers flying MEL-MCY would think to ch...
Jump to postPerhaps Bonza could look at some seasonal MEL-BME/KNX/KGI flying considering the astronomical fares QF charges to northern WA from the east coast. I guess the challenge with somewhere like BME is that if you are a Bonza customer seeking a super cheap fare and on a tight budget, the accom costs in s...
Jump to postI do recall FJ attempted OOL-NAN in the past (can't recall if that was under Air Pacific or after the rebranding) and didn't end well for them. JQ from memory also had a short stint on this route and didn't last either. Fiji is in a much better position to make secondary cities work now as they hav...
Jump to postIn addition to my extensive North American adventures in the first quarter of the year, I've finally filled out the last quarter. I am visiting Ukraine in September so will be flying: BNE->HKG (Cathay, Business Class) HKG->CDG (Cathay, Business Class) CDG->DUB (Aer Lingus, Economy) Then somehow I wi...
Jump to postAir New Zealand previously owned a large stake in VA and had a large partnership with them up until about 2018. So the Qantas partnership is still relatively new. When they switched to Qantas, apparently it was significantly more profitable than the Virgin Partnership with pretty much immediate effe...
Jump to postmesasurf wrote:Does anyone know if QR will return to LAS?
I don’t want to sound elitist, but Hawaii is rapidly moving beyond the reach of Jetstar’s demographic with AUD under 70 US cents. I’m sure HNL will hang around while they still have 787s, but don’t think that keeping the 787s and/or replacing them with something else that can make HNL would be as m...
Jump to postjust saw a price comparison of Bonza vs Qantaslink MCY/ABX/MCY vs BNE/ABX/BNE in early september. Bonza was $400 cheaper for every person inc checked baggage. Many will drive a long way to save that much money. Yeah similar to ROK. I live in central Brisbane and it came out cheaper for me to Uber t...
Jump to postSo Bonzas flights are on sale, and it wasn’t a misreading or miscommunication of their pre launch press releases, flights are only for sale through the app. Seems like such a shortsighted and stupid business decision. I’m 100% of the smart phone generation but I’m not going to be booking flights or...
Jump to post747. Was quite afraid of flying and was moving coast to coast of Australia which had 4 flights involved. First flight was Dash 8, and I lived rurally that was all I knew a plane to be. I was nervous the whole first flight but got over it and thought it wasn't too bad. Next flight was a 767, and I'd ...
Jump to postOOL to ROK. Saves so much transit from BNE.
Jump to postGood luck to them - aside from the novelty of the new airline, I don't see how this would be sustainable at all long term, but we've all discussed this before. From one leisure destination to another... not sure how this will be successful? There are around 400000 people in the Sunshine Coast regio...
Jump to postThere are far, far better champagnes one can drink than these. If anything, knowing I’m going to be served Moët or Veuve would be a reason not to book EK. I would much rather drink Billecart-Salmon or Perrier-Joët, and any number of champagnes, over those. Moët and Veuve are for people who think th...
Jump to postComoros' AB Airlines partners Heston Air for France ops Having touted the plan in the pre-Covid era, AB Aviation (Y6, Moroni Int'l) is set to wet-lease an A330-200 from Heston Airlines (HN, Vilnius) to jointly develop a new route from Moroni Int'l, the capital of Comoros, to Paris CDG to boost tour...
Jump to postFebruary BNE->MEL (Virgin Australia, Business Class) MEL->HNL (Jetstar, Business Class) HNL->OGG (Hawaiian, First Class) OGG->PHX (American, First Class) PHX->DFW (American, First Class) DFW->MEX (American, First Class) MEX->CUN (Aeromexico, Business Class) April MEX->SAL (Avianca, Economy Class)
Jump to postDoubt it will be shelved too soon, though medium to long term all depends on if they can find an engine.
They should have enough money to putter along for a while until it’s clear either way on the technical viability of bringing the product to market.
I just don't understand how they expect to fill 737s flying from MCY to Albury, Proserpine, Coffs Harbour, Mildura, Port Macquarie and Tamworth (amongst others!) multiple times a week? I know Brisbane is technically part of the catchment but how many people are going to travel from BNE 1 and a half...
Jump to postThe VA and UA tie up is fantastic. Just booked CHS - IAH - SYD for 59000 Velocity Points and 70 bucks. QF wanted hundreds of thousands of points for the same trip. Yeah - supply and demand and all that but there is heaps of availability on UA. Qantas make it irritatingly hard to find an actual awar...
Jump to postGiven I flew BNE<->ROK twice daily for 2 years, it's almost guaranteed.
Jump to postBy no means exhaustive but can only think of a couple right now.
Dubai to Kuwait, Sri Lankan Airlines
São Paulo to Buenos Aires, Turkish Airlines
Mauritania Airlines Gol (I think, maybe it was 2) Air Asia X Blue Wing Airlines Hinterland Aviation Mango Uzbekistan Airways Somon Air Air Astana Air Manas Continental FlightWest Air India Tsaradia Probably more but I usually do fly at least twice on an airline either as a connection or as a return ...
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