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Uh... the ones talked about in this thread? QF108 and QF11/12 would be operated by a 747 but will instead be operated by an A330 and chartered A340. At least that's what I took from this thread. That's where I'm saying the 747s are coming from. Oh. I have always read that the plan was to bring...

I can't believe no one has noticed that these aircraft substitutions are around the same time that Qantas is bringing Oprah's friends over here using two 747s! Qantas's 747 fleet must already be stretched because the A380s aren't back on the trans-Pacific route. Maybe Qantas needs to operate a...

Damn. I am in Rockhampton for work that day!

Which is exactly my point. People are frightened by a civilian airliner but don't seem to mind military aircraft that have the potential to be thousands of times more deadly.

Er... I wasn't talking about the United aircraft. I was clearly referring to the military aircraft and aircraft carriers. I even said as much! I mean it's a bit inconsistent to QQ over a civilian aircraft that was designed for peaceful purposes doing a fly over when Fleet Week (or whatever it...

Military jets and the ships that carry them are the tools that the USA has used to kill thousands of innocent civillians. I personally feel that displaying them for celebratory purposes is disrespectful to the dead. Maybe those dead civillians don't count because they weren't white.

Man, even Countrylink and Amtrak are capable of checking bags against receipts.

Is it possible that Qantas are charging a premium on this route to discourage passengers flying into a (soon to be) competitor's hub? There can't be that many people wanting to visit Abu Dhabi - surely the majority will connect to Etihad flights to Europe (or somewhere). Presumably a certain...

Interesting idea. I don't know if there is some exception for betting on elections, but for anything else they would stop accepting bets well before the odds got as certain as 1:1.01. I don't recall seeing anything under 1:1.20.

Warnie says that BA 1st is not good enough for him. If you are a certain type of Australian you probably think BA 1st isn't good enough for you, either.

Yes I agree. This is the point I was making earlier about the great circle route not going through ETOPS 180 restricted airspace. The only difference in travel time should be due to different cruise speeds. Of course the fastest route is not necessarily the shortest. I suppose the route that...

But I look at tonight's flight plans and QF and VA are virtually identical. The waypoints are different but as a line on a map they are virtually indistinguishable. If anything QF is further slightly North than VA. The VA flight is actually 3 minutes faster than QF. DL on the other is hand is...

There ain't be no ETOPS restricted airspace on the great circle route between LAX and MEL.

There's also one across the road at Townsville.

My girlfriend and I were offered an earlier flight on Red-E deal tickets from QF544 to QF542 today. We decided not to take it because it would have meant no check in baggage. After turning the offer down we were given exit row seats. :D The flight was not full but it looked like the two seats...