QF used to fly 747s from PER-JNB as a tag on from Sydney in the 90s once a week. They flew PER-JNB via Harare in Zimbabwe once weekly also - I flew this route once 20 odd years ago!

"Chris Chamberlin travelled to London as a guest of Malaysia Airlines."I'm sure initially anyway it was related to this and the crew wanting to leave a good impression on the guest/reviewer.

I wonder how crew (cabin and pilots) rotations will work? Will they need 3 x 8hr shifts? Is in-flight rest considered good enough to work that long on a flight? Anyone know how it works on the Perth-London route? The 787 has 6 beds for cabin crew and 2 for pilot rest which is seemingly good enoug...

I'm one year into my FTPP and just hit 50%. I don't live in Australia so logistically it becomes more challenging - work permits, visas and the nearest Australian consular is 5 hours away! With a standard passport this process will be yearly exercise for me now.

SIN-ADL yield is pretty good - in the mid to high 90's from the BITRE stats. SQ actually runs double daily flights to ADL for 15 days over Dec/Jan due to demand. SIN-ADL is also a decent freight route (food & wine) with close to 10 tonnes loaded per flight on average. Still - I don't think i...