Concorde

Concorde

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  • South African Airways counting down to Perth-Johannesburg restart

    Apr 26, 2024, 06:13 AM

    And it is the only A340 in the SAA fleet, which will make reliability challenging.   There has been lots of talk about additional long range aircraft, but the future seems unclear after the recent collapse of the long drawn out Takatso privatisation deal.Good luck SAA.

  • Qantas says it won’t let dogs, cats fly in the cabin

    Mar 11, 2024, 05:27 PM

    Years ago, when smoking was allowed on board commercial aircraft, there were designated non-smoking rows and designated smoking-permitted rows.   It seems that VA is aiming for that kind of segregation.  Clearly, there are going to be economy rows designated for pets.  Will there a...

  • Virgin Australia Boeing 737 business class guide: seats, lounges

    Feb 08, 2024, 08:49 AM

    I think that one important point was overlooked regarding lounges.  From VA website:International Lounge access when travelling on an international Virgin Australia operated flightVirgin Australia do not currently operate any international lounges at any international departure port. *If you...

  • Turkish Airlines begins Melbourne-Istanbul flights

    Jan 31, 2024, 08:03 AM

    So unless I have misread this (and its not 1 April) we are talking about three different aircraft types (777, 787 and A350) with three different configurations and seat products all within the first four weeks of startup ?  Incredible planning.

  • Singapore Airlines unlocks free WiFi for all passengers

    Jun 11, 2023, 06:08 AM

    I think it is safe to conclude that this project has been a successful recruitment drive by the KrisFlyer marketing  team.  

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  • Qantas crew contracts Covid-19

    Dec 23, 2020, 03:12 PM

    From the ABC website:NSW health authorities say a Qantas crew member who flew into Darwin from overseas before boarding a domestic flight has tested positive for coronavirus.The male crew member flew into Darwin on a Commonwealth-supported repatriation flight from Paris on Thursday, December 17, ...

  • Diary of a quarantined traveller

    Nov 02, 2020, 08:00 AM

    Richard W. New Mint has provided a very good description of the experience. We also travelled MEL-BNE but in July. We were allocated to the Westin which has a pool deck. The pool is closed but the deck is used for exercise and also provides a fenced off area for smokers. We did not have a rig...

  • Hotel Quarantine & Hotel Status

    Sep 09, 2020, 03:55 PM

    My recent experience from a quarantine stay at a Westin confirms AJW's comments 100%. The government is the party billing you, not the hotel.

  • QF fares BNE-MEL

    May 28, 2020, 07:13 AM

    Thanks mannej. Unfortunately, I was not aware of that and travelled yesterday on Virgin Australia (still no seats on QF for 8 days straight) and paid $1,100 per person, one way for a Y seat.

  • QF fares BNE-MEL

    May 25, 2020, 11:39 AM

    Thanks Brunz. I think that you were fortunate. The situation has now worsened in that there are no seats (Y or J) for seven straight days. After that you pay $1,163 or 178,400 points for a one way ticket. This seems crazy - an essentially grounded fleet with many thousands of aircrew stood down ...

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