Qantas to abandon Perth international flights from May

I didn't see them say they would kill the "Auckland" seasons route.. 

When I arrived in Perth 25-years ago, it was the cheapest Australian Capital city to live after Hobert.  Fast forward 25 years and it is now just about the most expensive - with a whole bunch of "cashed up bogans" living here.  If Qantas can't make a buck flying out of Perth, it is indeed doomed!

Qantas cannot make perth but SQ can with 4 flights per day. Qantas has an inferior product and post the Emirates alliance which was to "deliver lots of benefits" they reduced their schedule from 2x to 1x per day.  The underperformance of the route is simply a result of incompetent management. With now only 1 full service airline flying between Perth and Singapore prices will invariably rise.  I think the whole Emirates QF alliance needs to be examined as it simply does not provide any benefit to Perth travelers (or Adelaide). 

I fly QF SIN-PER x6-8 a year I am disgusted with this decision and to think the only alternative is Jetstar - what a joke QF, thanks for the two fingered salute to PER, Asia, and last remaining loyal pax. - my business goes to SQ.

Axing all of the international services out of Perth represents a massive failure of the Alan Joyce and his senior management team. Of course they have had to deal with serious structural issues but they have also made serious strategic and tactical errors about equipment, routes and alliances. If they continue to fumble along they will take what was an excellent airline the tubes.

This decision kinda defies basic logic. Causes me wonder how deep the analysis on this route and its operations was before the decision was made to axe the route completely.

There are many many ways both creative and traditional to reduce OPEX and refine delivery without jumping straight to razor mode. And just at a pure logic level - if SQ can continue make a buck out of this route and EY are sprouting they see significant value in a similar route... how can QF seriously put their hand on their heart and say they've tried everything to make the route proffitable? Doesn't make sense.

Isn't this in breach of commitmentsthat QANTAS gave the ACCC when they tied up with Emirates?  They did a sign up to keeping routes

What a joke. How can Qantas expect frequent travellers to consistently get onboard their aircraft and pump $$$ into their coffers when they can't even be bothered to run even a basic international service out of Perth. It's a two way street Alan.

You could have done something clever Alan, like running a long range aircraft on a daily Perth - London service. That would get attention, and bums on seats, but no, let's leave Perth to the competition.

I just don't get it.

Perth, as the fourth-largest city in Australia, may well feel hard done-by, by Qantas, but it does retain several international services provided by Qantas subsidiary Jetstar, while the larger city of Brisbane, the capital of a state with more than twice the population of WA, has just gained its first JQ international flight, to Bali, which is of course of limited utility, and to the discerning is a bargepole destination.

Qantas itself will at present fly you from BNE to SIN, LAX and HKG, and back from Dallas, if you happen to be there - but only because, having abandoned SFO, it is forced to do so as it would undoubtedly love to do, as the aircraft can't quite get Alan home from the US in one leg.

In fact Jetstar serves NSW, Victoria and WA well, while Qantas serves only NSW and Victoria well.

What a twatt

Come on singapore airlines start doubling up your flights and bring the 777-300s in as the mainstay air craft

We made the switch to MAS for international flights a few years ago as their very competitive prices allowed us the luxury of business class to Europe, with the prices being about 1/3 cheaper.  Couple that with great connections (arriving home 1500 in lieu of 0030) it was hard not to use this option.  We hoped for better news in the future, but it now seems this will now become our permanent option.

Putting an Irish man (ala BA and their history with their workforce), in charge of another country's prime international asset... The one international visitors and residents of Australia hold in high regard is nigh on stupidity. The slimming down of Qantas initially, to result in larger profit margins and coffers for shareholders failed - the strategy & tie up with Emirates has failed! Instead of seeking new markets and expanding as a quality airline (look over the Tasman) it has withered away to nothing, and now WA and practically Australia has nothing. A sad day. Cutting Perth off from Sin as it "underperformed" was only a result of unwise business decisions. It's ludicrous.

So does this mean the Qantas International Lounge will close? I can't imagine them keeping it open purely for Jetstar flights.

My partner and I are travelling to Europe on Finnair on July 1st this year, with the PER-SIN leg supposed to be on Qantas metal. As this is 2 days before the Qantas service resumes for 3 weeks on July 3rd, we have been rebooked onto an SQ flight. I contacted the Plat. One Service Centre to confirm whether I'll still be entitled to the 100 SCs for this sector, now that the codeshare is no longer on a Oneworld airline. They seemed to think I would still be entitled to the SCs but couldn't confirm it. Is there a policy that covers when an airline cancels a route, which "reimburses" pre-booked passengers for the loss of SCs due to the cancellation?

Doh! Of course they'll keep the Lounge open for the Emirates flights!