Virgin Australia flights to Doha

[I love to travel]

Anyone know why they have stopped VA 15 being daily?

 

[henrus]

Anyone know why they have stopped VA 15 being daily?

Lower loads during Feb/March. Will resume daily from 21 March.

 

[PERLHR]

Lower loads during Feb/March. Will resume daily from 21 March.

Reduce the price ...higher loads? Just a thought....

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Our flight was packed to Sydney. it’s clearly VA in theory only. There’s not even co-branding on the menus anymore.

And out of interest, that QR DOH-MEL-CBR flight… it’s one where they tagged on CBR to get more flights? When they call the flight there’s absolutely no mention of CBR… only MEL

Any pretence that VA is involved, or that the QR tag flights are serving additional 2nd tier cities is long gone!

 

[Saab34]

Any pretence that VA is involved, or that the QR tag flights are serving additional 2nd tier cities is long gone!

Well that was always the intention I guess. They got what they wanted. Now the trick is to see how long they can run this arrangement. Ideally, forever and ever.

 

[HS-TQE]

Well that was always the intention I guess. They got what they wanted. Now the trick is to see how long they can run this arrangement. Ideally, forever and ever.

I don't see the QR/VA wet-lease arrangement being renewed by the IASC.

There is a reason why the IASC pretty much forced VA to commence a "secondment" program for 'selected' flight deck crews + FAs to train on QR's long haul aircraft to get this wet-lease arrangement approved, provided VA actually spend the money to investigate whether to actually re-commence long haul on their own aircraft within the 5 year timeframe.

 

[jase05]

I don't see the QR/VA wet-lease arrangement being renewed by the IASC.

There is a reason why the IASC pretty much forced VA to commence a "secondment" program for 'selected' flight deck crews + FAs to train on QR's long haul aircraft to get this wet-lease arrangement approved, provided VA actually spend the money to investigate whether to actually re-commence long haul on their own aircraft within the 5 year timeframe.

Maybe the government could just give QR the slots they want and the whole charade can end

 

[Saab34]

Well that would be an option. Virgin could come out and say they have concluded that they cannot take these flights on in house as they will be loss making, can’t get aircraft, scale is too small etc etc, please grant QR extra bilaterals.

 

[HS-TQE]

Well that would be an option. Virgin could come out and say they have concluded that they cannot take these flights on in house as they will be loss making, can’t get aircraft, scale is too small etc etc, please grant QR extra bilaterals.

It would be more of Qatar the country rather than the airline but good point.

Qatar and Australia exactly isn't the best of friends either.

They could easily probe Qatar on if "you couldn't make it work with your Virgin investment, how it could work in-house with you guys" and/or "what can your country (Qatar) do for us in Australia to make us grant you the extra aviation bilaterals?"