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Qantas boosts Boeing 787s to Perth, grows Embraer E190 regional fleet
Jun 18, 2021, 04:05 PMYes, the A220 is the way to go!
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Why Qantas is now running non-stop Darwin-London Airbus A380 flights
Mar 26, 2020, 03:27 PMpatrickk, those tasks need not take 90 minutes.
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Why Qantas is now running non-stop Darwin-London Airbus A380 flights
Mar 26, 2020, 02:23 PMTo physically achieve A380 refueling in Darwin only takes 30 minutes, with passengers staying on-board. If the ground crew have no experience with A380's this might become 45 minutes for the first 1-2 times. Why oh why is Qantas making this into a massive 90 minute stopover and wasting so much ...
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Qantas hits pause on planned non-stop flights to Paris
Jun 07, 2019, 04:55 PMNo, they don't change their aircraft ordering, but they do deploy those aircraft onto alternative routes. The 787 that might have been used Perth to Paris might now be used on the new Brisbane to Chicago route.
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Royal Brunei drops Dubai detour on Melbourne-London flights
May 26, 2018, 01:07 AMProbably 10 ground hours in MEL is to provide the minimum 8 hours crew rest time necessary for Royal Brunei to use the same crew to fly back again to BWN rather than stationing a 2nd crew in MEL to take over from them for an immediate return flight.
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Baggage transfer from Cathay Pacific to Jetstar
Jun 28, 2019, 03:35 PMThe answer to your question is "Yes" when onthe same ticket, but could you not get a CX flight directly to Melbourne? That would be the obvious better choice.
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Wonderful surprise flying Emirates
Oct 16, 2017, 04:33 PMMy wife and I recently flew 7 sectors with Emirates, in economy. Two of our four A380 flights were fine, as was one of our three 777 flights. The other 3 flights were diabolically poor including toilets becoming dirty and out of consumables, including toilet paper, with nobody attending to this...