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Yeah Hainan is a great airline, one of (if not the) best in China. The problem is that it's got a really patchy international network departing from seemingly random citities and almost never daily so you'd usually need to reposition via a domestic flight between where you arrive into china and...

Just search it up using an OTA like trip.com to compare your options. Many of these airlines don’t have daily flights to Europe so you option varies depending on the time you wanted to fly. On a random date SQ wants 6000 for premium economy to Paris in July but Malaysian airlines offers 6800 in...

Flying PE will likely give you more SC over flying Y on the QR flights, VA coded or not. Though going to Europe I think you no longer have the option of a SQ flight on VA codeshare. You can redeem KrisFlyer points to upgrade a SQ flight if ticketed directly with SQ. Similar offer is possible...

Economy yes business no. QR does release 1 or 2 business seat ver far out from non SYD/MEL departures to Doha.

that your outbound flight is from $130 and if you were to return the same day your inbound flight would be from $229

I'm not quite sure what the situation is, but I can also find plenty of examples where VA's price are within 30 dollars of the price on QR's website for the same VA wet-lease.

of all the speculations this is probably the right one. Bain will nickel and dime the wine in the lounge, they aren’t stupid enough to willingly let a minority stake partner have a free cash withdrawal right. I think she was referring to the theoretical economics benefit of these extra capacity...

I mean it’s always going to be “explore” because you don’t necessarily want a repeat of VA1.0 but at the same time you don’t want VA/QR to do nothing and just sit on the wet lease forever. Should the government be unhappy with the outcome of the exploration (say when there’s clearly a business...

HX seems to have carved out a decent gap in the market being the “Value Carrier” in HK. There’s plans to take 3 787-8 from HU and resume flights to North America from Hong Kong. Now that begs the question - would velocity reopen redemption with HNA group? China is a market where velocity...

The treasurer has said on ABC yesterday regarding the Qatar acqusition that "people should expect to see that decision quite soon, ideally this week".

Got this one as well sadly already re-qualified for plat until May 2026 thanks to the flurry of DSC/TSC offer last year so it’s just going down the drain.

I was thinking they would get widebodies (from QR) so they can continue the JV with VA crew which still gives QR more flights into Australia if the ACCC puts in a condition as the unions suggested. I suspect QR will just charge VA exorbitant lease price so they still make good money as if it's...

In all hypothetical I think VA, under Bain, would only consider getting wide bodies if they were forced at gunpoint to do so. The ACCC / FIRB approvals may very well include condition that they transition to dry lease at some point. That presents an interesting dilemma - do they lease the...

those “domestic” a330s nowadays are quite often found flying internationally. plus we don’t know if Qantas would designate them “domestic” - we only know they will retire a330 and replace with 787, but didn’t say they would be domestic. I’d say premium lie-flat domestic products are on their way...

QF wouldn't fly 787 to perth from sydney if they didn't have to reposition the aircraft to perth for the onward flight to Europe. It's very different to schedule a 787 on a commercial flight in liue of a dedicated repositioning flight than say buying aircraft, training the crew, upgrading the...

Truly seamless when there's a full table telling you who to call.

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Unfortunately I’m not sure. I personally haven’t tried a flex Y fare with ANA. I think this would be better. It’s quite cheap to cancel ($60) and you won’t be paying a significant premium on a full flex Y fare.

I know. I’m just illustrating the fact that VA doesn’t have a heavy maintenance facility to do this kind of jobs in Australia. I should’ve clarified the reference though.

If you are cutting a hole on the aircraft you’d need a heavy maintenance facility. It’s an higher level of certification than a typical routine maintenance facility. I think only Qantas have that kind of facility in Brisbane. VA simply don’t have the history and scale to support that kind of...