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Thanks all - I did not even see the little red circle star symbols when I was booking. Interesting to see that the word "From" could be such a loophole for situations like this. Splitting hairs about the front rows of Economy X with Exit row seating and the way the website is designed would...

Hello all, I have started a minor dispute with Virgin about the advertised price of some Economy X seats that were selected and paid on the evening of the 31st of October 2024, just two passengers on a one-way domestic economy booking on the Virgin website. Long story short, there was some sort...

I don't know why they persist with Sprint races and especially in Brazil with its very chancey/dicey weather it seems like they are trying to fit too much in an F1 weekend, I know there are good overtaking opportunities on-track in Brazil and the drivers love the track, that why the FIA probably...

I can sort of see your logic there if these changes are from QR, but from what I see, if these changes have negatives and are targeted at people who fly VA international partners a lot—say people flying SQ EY or DL internationally a lot—and thus qualifying for Velocity status, then these people...

I would not be too concerned about the F100s, if you account for age of the aircraft and number of flying hours/service hstory or wanted to go for stats like fatalities per mile flown, the fairly new B737-Max family's brief time in the air has already killed more people than the 30 years history...

Yeah - seems to be an overall strategy of surrendering anything nice and premium about the airline and moving downmarket towards Jetstar. Now I know that Covid and the administration process has a lot to do with this, but have a look at where VA is now compared to where it was and see if its an...

Yeah they seemed to jack up the prices of Economy X late last year (or maybe earlier this year?) with many short domestic legs doubling in price and long haul Perth-East Coat legs even more, and obviously found out that the market isn't paying that, so back to the drawing board for them. They...

Certainly the EFW Facilities at Dresden are used by Lufthansa and Emirates for their A380s still? I guess a good a place as any for a gear overhaul and all the other heavy maintenence. Is the seating issue still a thing? I thought the issue was more of a parts thing with the A380 fleet.

Maybe but thats more of a Dash-8 or a Saab 340 thing where those aircraft really do have limited overhead bin space and easily accessible luggage compartments on the ground. The issue is more of a full B738 with older overhead bins problem, and especially since they have densified their B738...

A different issue to combined baggage allowance that comes from status vs baggage allowance inherent in the fare type, but I thought this the most relevant thread, as I received a recent survey from Virgin - they are obviously doing market research about fare types and baggage allowances and I...

I think LDH is the only runway limitation airport that can't currently handle a Dash 8-400? Then there will be the capacity issue if the market may not support the number of seats for larger aircraft. If the destination is too thin/small for a Q400 then Qantas will have to abandon the route or...

I think FIRB and/or the Federal Treasurer would rule out any more than 20% for any mainland Chinese ownership of VA. I would not be surprised if FIRB approvals or reviews are holding up things and causing delays. FIRB seem to take months to decide a routine office coffee order, let alone an...

Still using money to buy Qantas shares instead of investing in fleet capacity or growing the business. Reduced profit from freight, so all that conversion of passenger capacity to freight looks like it has been a waste of capital and lost opportunity for revenue. Will take Hudson years to fix...

Yeah thats a weird one because Rex are currently using the regional slots at SYD with their current Saab 340 operation so they are using it and cannot lose it. Maybe its more of a pro-active thing in suspending the use it or lose it clause in the expectation that the Administrators might fail to...

Plus the effective closure of Russian airspace to some airlines and the situations in Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon etc have reduced options for some airlines or made alternative routings uneconomic.

Yeah - same thoughts as you - seems a bit peculiar to be ordering brand spanking new E190s with their higher lease costs and then flying them on FIFO work in WA (plus some long thin routes within WA) even given a few clients might want the most efficient aircraft possible to meet Scope 3...

Pretty much the only way to fly on JQ 787s without paying for Starclass, that's the weird thing, because the passengers are mostly super cost-conscious they won't spend the money for extra legroom or exit rows. With 9 abreast Y class B787s in particular - having an empty seat next to you is a...

When I first heard about this earlier today I expected to hear that the flight was unauthorized, I bet the police will be looking for a stolen car used to breach the fence on the GA side of Cairns airport, the helicopter was a piston engine type and its possible that opportunistic thieves might...

Its paywalled so I will minimize large-scale copy and paste but there were three things that stood out to me in this article in The Australian's Business Review...

Absolutely - toxic mismanagement at the top of the company meant that any suggestions would have been ignored. My advice would have been do the opposite with PR and public announcements and make friends with local councils (and hence friends with Regional people), ignore their competitors, and...