Has ET looked at the connection timings in AKL?JFK-AKL: 0500 arrivalDepartures:AKL-MEL 0610 or 0900ADL - none nonstop PER - none nonstopBNE - 615am or 330pmAKL-JFK dep 1635ex-BNE - arr 1420 (perfect)ex-MEL arr 1455 (tight if delayed but otherwise ok)I think QF has some work to do to offer "g...

Don't miss the part about pushing Virgin and other non-aligned airlines to the (current) international terminal - which puts Qantas at a huge competitive advantage (the reason it fell over in previous proposals - Virgin Mk1 successfully lobbied against it). Further travel time and higher taxi far...

Have they dropped the pre-departure drink or are you just supposed to hold the glass?Of course, the tray table for the middle seat could always be used instead.....

Would be a great idea to get similar great pricing on the 797 as they got on the 787s by being a launch order. Timing looks like it would almost work, and if delays occur on the 797 program (as did with 787) they will get good "incentives" and/or be able to take some 787-10s in the interim.

Which will potentially be an issue given the unreliability on QF9/10 recently.....