When will Virgin Australia launch Brisbane - Hong Kong flights?
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djtech
djtech
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Hi all,
JBL
JBL
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I imagine they're either waiting for slots to come up, or waiting to ride the tumultuous NZ split and lounge network rebuild first. I can't imagine them starting the route before they build the BNE lounge
mspcooper
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Where would the aircraft come from?
DanV
DanV
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They would take one of the A330s from the MEL/SYD-PER runs to do the BNE-HKG route.
rencontre
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I have heard that a 2nd HK out of Syd may be in the works, before Brissy....
DanV
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2nd SYD-HKG daily is not very likely, let alone on the radar.
You may have mixed it up with previous announcements of SYD and/or MEL to one of the major Chinese ports e.g PVG/PEK once slots open up there. Perhaps the SYD/MEL - China route may occur before BNE-HKG.
rencontre
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Who mentioned daily? 4-5 days a week would be ample, to give business travelers a choice of day/night flight would be my thought
thomasindo
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is purchasing more A330's on the radar for Virgin?
aklrunway
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HNA is looking at selling their stake in Virgin so I don’t think expansion into HKG is very likely soon. In fact, I predict the opposite...
MKS111
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Once they’ve done the appropriate cost-benefit analysis and decided they actually can make a buck out of it would be my guess
Red Cee
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HKG is very slot restricted, and Virgin will need another plane. Can’t see it very likely in the foreseeable future.
MikeT
MikeT
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Once again they will take the airbus off their transcom route and operate with a 737 which have no flat beds and no IFE