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Qantas to replace A330s with Airbus A350s, Boeing 787s
Aug 23, 2023, 02:19 PMExciting news, and it provides a lot of fleet interoperability. Looking forward to seeing how something like the 787-10 could open up new routes to the likes of India.QF will shoot themselves in the foot if they forgo PE - post-pandemic, many corporate travel policies for the 8-10 hour legs into ...
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Qantas confirms flights from new Western Sydney airport
Jun 09, 2023, 11:47 AMLack of curfew is huge.The initial traffic will largely be cargo, to feed the Moorebank interchange and then industrial areas across outer Sydney.In due course though, without curfew you can start having proper red eyes into Asia ie leave SYD midnight, into SIN just before 6am.
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Qantas to fly Finnair’s amazing new business class
May 19, 2023, 12:53 PMLooking forward to premium economy on the A330 SYD- BKK and early day SIN runs. Nice ROI in requesting a points upgrade for day flights from economy. In any case, also provides more upgrade opps from economy with 49 seats across PE and J.Although how QF will treat the SIN frequency premium econom...
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Qantas, Air France in talks over non-stop Australia-Paris flights
Feb 11, 2023, 05:14 PMWould’ve thought FRA would’ve been the next destination for the PER launching point considering it’s mega hub status and flights into Sth / Eastern Europe. FCO makes sense as a seasonal route, but I can see demand for FRA year round for business and tourists having high fre...
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Review: Qantas’ new-look Honolulu Lounge
Dec 16, 2022, 03:12 PMInteresting that they continue to keep this open only for one flight, and even then it's usually only 4x weekly. A partner deal would make much more sense.That said, on the few times I've used it for HNL - SYD, the place is absolutely packed before what was QF4 and now QF104.
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Australia urgent passport processing times?
Jun 02, 2022, 10:57 AMFWIW I put my urgent / priority application in with a suburban Sydney post office (not GPO / central post office which I understand is faster) on a Monday 2 months ago, I received it back at my home express post on the Thursday of that same week