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    Intl. Aus routes recommencing soon

    MEL has quite a few routes and airlines returning in the coming months too: Thai Airways: Bangkok (April) United Airlines: San Francisco (May) Jetstar: Bali (March) Ho Chi Minh City (March) Honolulu (March) Bangkok (March) Air New Zealand: Christchurch (March) Wellington (April) Queenstown...
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    Tokyo Haneda slot - how will Virgin Operate it?

    I'm not sure what you are looking at, but MEL-HND is there in the schedules, might be MEL and BNE sharing the same slot. But anything can still change, nothing is set in concrete, especially during these times.
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    Asiana to launch MEL-ICN Seasonal Charters

    Yes points are redeemable for *A, normal fare rules apply. The exception is that all fares on these flights are not upgradable with miles. KE operated flights for more than 'a few months', they operated the route from 2007 to 2013, the flights initially started as a weekly charter in 2005...
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    Asiana to launch MEL-ICN Seasonal Charters

    As these are charter services, QF won't be placing their code on these services. Hopefully if OZ does decide to make MEL year round, we might see a QF code added.
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    Asiana to launch MEL-ICN Seasonal Charters

    Asiana Airlines will launch a weekly MEL-ICN seasonal charter service from 26DEC until 21FEB, the flights will utlise the airline's 777-200ER aircraft. Schedule is as follows: OZ6037 ICN1900 – 0730+1MEL 77L 4 OZ6047 MEL0900 – 1745ICN 77L 5 Reservations has opened today with limited...
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    Airlines eye new slots at Haneda (Tokyo)

    It would be nice to see: - QF move MEL-NRT to HND - QF launch second daily SYD-HND - NH launch MEL-HND - JL move SYD-NRT to HND That would mean that SYD would see all Tokyo services moved to HND. Any chance that we could see QF do MEL-KIX down the line, say 3 weekly seasonally even?
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    QANTAS announces direct BNE-ORD / BNE-SFO

    MEL-SFO will operate Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays once BNE-SFO starts.
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    AVV: D7 commencement and potential

    Any new services to DPS and DMK will be serviced by the airline's affiliates in Indonesia and Thailand respectively. IMHO, JQ won't be doing any substantial move, they have already committed to T4 at MEL being its busiest and largest operation, any move of international services to AVV will...
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    St Regis Melbourne...

    Officially announced today, will be a 2022 opening: Very Exciting news for Melbourne! Melbourne's luxury hotel scene is taking off! Marriott International’s Senior Director of Hotel Development in Australia, said that luxury hotel demand in Melbourne was strong. There are already a number of...
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    [MEL] Le Méridien Melbourne - Opening 2020

    Le Méridien Melbourne returning to Melbourne and Australia in late 2020 as the Marriott group is poised to expand its operations in Australia. Marriott's Australian and NZ head of development, Richard Crawford, said that "We're very optimistic about the Melbourne hotel market" Le Meridien...
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    Qantas 1st class lounge Melbourne

    After March QF will have 2 flights operated by the A380 exMEL; QF93 to LAX and QF35 to SIN both of these flights depart around 11:25 and 12:25 respectively depending on the time of year. For AKL: QF151 and QF159 are expected to be operated by the A330 daily (except on Saturdays for QF151 where...
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    SYD-LIM flights on the cards?

    It looks like Sth America is the new growth corridor for Australia after Asia and Nth America. There is alot of possibilities, with LATAM now on MEL-SCL and also doing SYD-AKL-SCL, I think its time they may consider further expansion in the coming years especially as they get more confident...
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    MEL International bonanza!

    politics aside, yes SYD does have more services and cities to Mainland China than MEL SYD: CAN, PEK, PVG, TAO, XMN, XIY, CSX, CKG, CTU, SZX, HGH, NKG, KMG, WUH, FOC MEL: CAN, PEK, PVG, TAO, XMN, XIY, CSX, CKG, CTU, SZX, HGH, CGO As you can see, SYD is ahead, however MEL isn't doing too bad...
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    MEL International bonanza!

    2 more new China Connections for MEL: Xiamen Air to launch x2 weekly Melbourne - Hangzhou - Xiamen from 14DEC MF814 MEL 11:35 - 19:05 HGH 788 47 MF813 HGH 20:15 - 09:45+1 MEL 788 36 Jetstar to launch x2 weekly Melbourne - Zhengzhou services from 09DEC JQ67 MEL 14:00 - 21:30 CGO 788 36 JQ68...
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    Qantas to Beijing. Are they kidding??

    QF does this funny thing where there is a slight noise/rumours from competition they pounce on routes. Considering that VA was looking at PEK, they launched SYD-PEK and when there was rumours of JL opening MEL-NRT, they also pounced onto the route, however thankfully JL wasn't phased by QF and...
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