There's been a few comments like this I'm aware, but I flew Bonza from TSV to MCY yesterday and there's a few things of note that I think might be of interest here. The flight was almost full, every row around me was fully booked, but I suspect a chunk of this was demand induced by it being a Friday...
Jump to postPER: PER-SIN, Cathay Pacific A330-300 & A350-900
SYD: SYD-HNL, Jetstar 787-8
MEL: HNL-MEL, Jetstar 787-8
SIN: SIN-LHR, Qantas 747-400/ER
HKG: HKG-EWR/JFK, Cathay Pacific A350-900 & B777-300ER
Largest: A380, once on SQ from HKG-SIN, next one QF SYD-SIN
Smallest: P92 Eaglet MTL-CES
Smallest Commercial: Saab 340, once on ZL from CBR-SYD, once on 3C from AKL-NLK
Wasn’t it CBR-Suva? Or was that just SYD-Suva? Hopefully with better connection to the US this time may also help? Curious to see what FJs next move is in AU? They seem ambitious It was definitely CBR-NAN targeting leisure travel. It would be good if it was timed for US connections. A middle of the...
Jump to postJust on the MEL-PER-LHR flights - I presume the only pax carried on the MEL<>PER sectors are the ones travelling MEL<>LHR or I guess connecting on to other international flights at PER? So no local domestic MEL-PER pax? If so it must be quite an expensive flight to operate given I presume most of t...
Jump to postChristchurch (CHC) international terminal, it's called a 'viewing area' but it's actually a smoking area outside the terminal building on the wrong side
Jump to postIt is interesting, for its size Qantas gets more words typed about it on the internet than any other airline. I assume some of this is just my own bias as an english-speaking anglosphere resident myself reading an aviation website, but it’s a relatively small airline vs. the number of strong opinio...
Jump to postNon-stop services are meaning QF are able to scoop back a chunk of the market, however the appeal of such is, as far as I can tell, limited to business traffic which will limit the viability to flights between SYD/MEL-LHR/FRA/CDG, but primarily to LHR. PER is close enough (and geographically conveni...
Jump to postHave seen on linked in Western Sydney now has an IATA code - WSI ! One step closer :) https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/western-sydney-airport-given-wsi-as-international-code-identifier/news-story/f5a76eb5d0fda0a69e0caf91bb5441b7?amp&nk=35a320e4818d8df0b19177718a5df9e8-1677720254 Weste...
Jump to postRandom question. Why does QF Domestic start flight numbers at 400? And why is QF Link 1600+ Why not another number (eg 500/1500)? It was just decided when Australian Airlines(TN) merged with Qantas that all the domestic mainline numbers would be renumbered to commence from QF400. I assume they felt...
Jump to postWest Australian Airlines 2x Q200s (Based at RTS, regular flights to BQB/MQZ and PER to meet connecting flights) 8x Q400s (Regional South West Western Australia) 10x A319neos (Regional Western Australia) 10x A320neos (Interstate and limited international services to XCH, CCK, CGK & SIN) 10x A321U...
Jump to postRevisiting my list with a pretty special addition Flown: 09/01 VA 712 PER-ADL A320-200 VH-VNF 09/01 VA 425 ADL-SYD B737-800 VH-YIH 22/01 D7 288 SYD-AKL A330-300 9M-XXR 27/01 3C 401 AKL-NLK Saab 340 ZK-CIZ 30/01 QF 180 NLK-SYD B737-800 VH-XZC To be flown: 12/05 QF 1 SYD-SIN A380-800 16/05 QF 72 SIN-P...
Jump to postLooking at the ABC broadcast now, doesn't look like any external damage at a glance
Jump to postangusjt wrote:9news reporting QF144 has issued a mayday call, citing engine failure
9news reporting QF144 has issued a mayday call, citing engine failure
Jump to postAs per the usual January thread what’s everyone’s predictions for the year Some thoughts, from least to most ambitious - NH return to Perth (a given with the codeshare announcement) - Testing requirements for travellers coming from China dropped within 2 months - Qantas & Perth Airport will fin...
Jump to post09/01 VA712 PER-ADL A320-200
09/01 VA425 ADL-SYD B737-800
22/01 D7288 SYD-AKL A330-300
27/01 3C401 AKL-NLK Saab 340
30/01 QF180 NLK-SYD B737-800
12/05 QF1 SYD-SIN A380-800
To be booked:
SIN-PER, PER-SYD (atleast 3 more trips) and somewhere nice from SYD, leaning to NOU at the moment
Qantas - 50+ flights, although when I'm the one paying I gravitate towards VA, who I have flown with 15 times
Jump to postPER is my second home and also the home of (rough estimate) half of the global Fokker 100 fleet, wanting to log a few I booked a return flight to BME for a daytrip with Virgin.
The flight up was cancelled and I was put on a generic 737, but my return Fokker was preserved, still disappointing however.
Did not see this coming. Qantas to launch seasonal Melbourne - Exmouth flights in 2023. 2 x weekly with 737 aircraft, operating April - October. An amazing boost to what I think is one of the most spectacular parts of the country. Source From what I have heard, JQ's MEL-BQB service is also performi...
Jump to postIs there any rule against 5th freedom flights being used to sustain the slot? I'm thinking Virgin could fly CNS-GUM-HND to maintain the slot.
United used to fly Cairns-Guam on a 737 until 2015, there was demand, albeit not much, although United apparently used to charge a premium for the flight.
I'm in HNL at the moment, flight up with Jetstar on Friday was delayed basically an entire day, no plane was ever at the gate so my assumption is that they must have known it wasn't going to take-off for a while. Communication from airline or airport staff was absent until well after the original d...
Jump to postLots of coverage on Melbourne radio this morning about delays for JQ pax stuck in DPS probably due to the 3 currently grounded 788s. Some pax have been told it may be a week before JQ can get them home and, even then, there are no guarantees flights they are rebooked on will happen. 1 person who wa...
Jump to postIs Jetstar down a 787? I noticed a cancelled SYD-DPS flight yesterday, and another SYD-DPS flight had a 1000-prefix which I assume is operating in place of a flight cancelled earlier in the week. My flight to HNL was pushed back to a 1pm departure today as opposed to a 4:30pm departure yesterday, no...
Jump to postMy longest ticketed discontinued flight is DFW-BNE, but the one time I flew it we diverted to AKL, so my longest actual discontinued flight is DFW-AKL, a route that has never been officially operated. Using this metric my second longest is Christchurch to Sydney via Launceston on Virgin Australia. ...
Jump to postBKK-LHR with Qantas, took in 2009, ceased flying in 2013 I believe
Jump to postFrom SYD I suspect it's the weekly Link Airways flight to Newcastle. From my other home in PER it would probably be Busselton (BQB) which is served by the occasional VA or QF charter from PER - for regular commercial flights I suspect GET-PER on Qantaslink takes that honour
Jump to postUnderrated:
Fokker 100
A350-900
A330 (a godsent among the 737s which otherwise dominate PER-SYD, a route I fly several times a year
B717
Overrated:
B787
Perth to Jakarta is a fun one, any word on Garuda resuming the route themselves? I can't recall seeing one of their planes at PER in the last few months
Jump to postDoes anyone know if QF is still offering a hot meal during meal times on the golden triangle or is this a thing of the past? A friend of mine travelled around 6pm the other day and only got a snack, but wasn’t sure if this is the new normal or just a catering blip for that particular flight. I reme...
Jump to postAdding to my list, I flew from Brisbane to Longreach and back over the weekend with the same QantasLink Dash 8, VH-LQG taking me each way
Jump to postBangkok (BKK) & Ballina (BNK) The latter one is worth noting as I originally planned to visit Ballina for a holiday but had to cancel as something came up in Melbourne - it ended up being cheaper to book a flight from BNK-MEL then to cancel or move the SYD-BNK flight, so I ended up travelling fr...
Jump to postIv flown VH-EBQ between Perth & Sydney 3 times, twice in 2015 and once in 2022.
I've also flown EBB, EBC, EBF, EBG, EBP, EBR & VH-XZP twice on the SYD-PER route each.
Virgin Australia Regional - I wanted to fly their Fokker 100s before they're retired so I booked a return trip from Perth to Broome, with a VARA Fokker each way. Flight up there was cancelled and I was moved to a later flight on a mainland 737. The return flight to date is my only trip with Virgin R...
Jump to postWe've seen DRW act as a makeshift transit hub in the recent months of the pandemic. I'm thinking DRW could surely be utilised in the future to connect cities on the East Coast (CNS/TSV/SYD/CBR/MEL) with secondary ports in SE Asia, like KUL/HKT/DAC/SUB, with the new aircraft
Jump to postGreat to see Qantas being ambitious in what remains a quite volatile environment, they'll once again be flying to all the destinations they mention in their rendition of I still call Australia home
Jump to postMore of a general query than anything to add to the conversation but I figure those here might have some answers. On the 5th of February I'm flying Virgin Australia from Perth to Sydney, the flight leaves at 12pm Perth time (6 hours before this lockdown is due to end), assuming nothing changes regar...
Jump to postPER got 4x Condor 767s within 4 hours a few weeks back, not ever in my strangest dreams could anybody of predicted that.
Jump to postQantas16 wrote:I would presume they would rebrand if they were to launch capital city services... maybe stick with the REX name but drop the use of "Regional Express" particularly on the jet aircraft...
I recall it only being a few months ago it was looking increasingly likely Qantas would keep their 747s for longer than announced.
I'll forever be grateful for the short time they ran on SYD/PER sectors in mid-late 2018, which gave me an opportunity to log two before today.
Joyce made the right move, as devastating as it is to see the airline come to its knees, there certainly will be a rebound when this is all over.
Jump to post3K131 - SIN-PER on Jetstar Asia in October 2014
JQ143 - SYD-CHC on Jetstar Australia in January 2019
Will these cuts have any effect on the 747 retirement date?
Jump to postThe Shorts 360 (or the Xbox 360 as me and a friend used to call it) looks very strange, though I can't outright hate it.
I'm honestly not too fond of the ATL98 Carvair, though it isn't commercial.
A few quick points on my part: A rejoin referendum would be electoral suicide if implemented as part of the UK Labour platform for at least the next two election cycles, if there's a way to remain uncompetitive in North-East England & Wales, this is it. The looming demographic crisis to be faced...
Jump to postI have seen many Qantas posters from the 60s & 70s showing some sort of service to Belgrade, that's about as much as I know regarding that.
I'm also pretty sure BA flew to Perth through Singapore until 2004.
Don't most commercial aircraft already pollute less per passenger then most cars? It's not even close according to some sources: https://www.greenmatch.dk/blog/2016/03/saa-meget-bruger-du-i-co2-naar-du-rejser 223 grams of CO2 per km when you travel by plane vs 160 grams for a car and 37 grams for a...
Jump to postDon't most commercial aircraft already pollute less per passenger then most cars?
Also stating the obvious here, but you can't run trains over the ocean and there aren't a whole lot of battery powered boats that can get you from Perth to New York etc. in any reasonable time frame.
qf789 wrote:Qantas currently has one A332 stuck in MNL, requires washing before the next flight since it is covered in ash
https://twitter.com/officialdjmagik/sta ... 38208?s=20
Some sources now saying there were 167 on board
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