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JD only have x3 A330's at the moment so I think it's pretty common to see the same plane often. Same with MU, MU737/738 use FM A332's, and MEL usually see the same 2.

Since Chinese-Australian's make up 4% of the population, I'd say, yes they do know :P Flights also tag onto Shenyang, so that the whole North Eastern part of China to tap into too! Tsingtao Beer is from Qingdao, I'm not sure why they spelt it as Tsingtao when the Chinese name is actually...

Yes, quite an upgrade there! Those who got the "get the return free" fare will be thrilled, as they effectively saved quite alot! And those who didn't buy luggage now get 30kg, those with no food now get 2 meals!

Yes pax holding valid tickets on JQ will be moved to the new QF service. QF has also given the option of allowing Sth Australian, Tasmanian and Victorian pax to re-route viaMEL on the new service if they already hold tickets for services viaSYD/BNE.

Now that is just LOW! I would never step afoot onboard a VA aircraft if that happened to me, loyalty down the toilet !

May I ask which website did you use to buy the Rimowa case? and was the sent address in Australia? I can't seem to get anyone to mail Rimowa to Australia anymore ever since that so called Rimowa store opened in Sydney, they jack the price up so much there that its not worth it! I blame the...

I'm sorry but VA is clearly in the wrong here, I understand that IT can stuff up once in a while but, why should VA give 'credit' when it wasn't the OP's fault that they had to purchase a new ticket? I would definitely want to get a full refund, no questions asked! I would be writing up a fuss...

CX will be upgrading its aircraft to MEL, the A350 and 77W will replace a daily A330 flight each. Finally MEL gets some love CX104/105 will switch over to A350 from 01FEB CX163/178 will switch over to 77W from 01MAR CX134/135 remains unchanged, still A333 Cathay Pacific to fly Airbus A350...

The new MEL-CHC flights are timed to meet with QF9/10.

What do you mean? The A380 currently operates SQ217/218 x3 weekly on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 24JUN - 03SEP. It's happening right now!

Air China Melbourne - Beijing Melbourne - Shanghai Melbourne - Shenzhen Sydney - Beijing Sydney - Shanghai Sydney - Chengdu Beijing Capital Airlines Melbourne - Qingdao - Shenyang Xiamen Air Melbourne - Xiamen Sydney - Xiamen Sydney - Fuzhou Hainan Airlines Sydney - Xi'an Sydney - Changsha...

The Following Routes launched/confirmed to start this year: Air China Melbourne - Shenzhen (x4 weekly): starts 31OCT Sydney - Chengdu (x3 weekly): starts 30OCT Beijing Capital Airlines Melbourne - Qingdao - Shenyang (x3 weekly): starts 30SEP Xiamen Air Melbourne - Xiamen (x2 weekly): started...

CA has opened reservations for 2 new Australian services; MEL-SZX (x4 weekly), SYD-CTU (x3 weekly) due to begin in late October. With the addition of these 2 new routes, CA will fly a total of 6 routes from Australia, 3 routes each for both MEL (PEK, PVG, SZX) and SYD (PEK, PVG, CTU). Chengdu –...

All affected passengers have been given an email with the message as per above in the original post, they have been notified. You should check out the AirAsia FB page, its going wild. Word on the street is that Malindo will operate MEL-DPS-KUL. Although a quick sigh of relief for GA, JQ and TT...

It's more political, the Indonesian government insisted that it needed 10 planes or have its AOC revoked (same story for other Indonesian carriers with less than 10 planes), they got around this by wet leasing Indonesia AirAsia A320's. The routes are tracking along well, but there is uncertainty...

Hi All, please note that Indonesia AirAsia X will cease all routes from September 1. "Indonesia AirAsia X regrets to inform that your AirAsia flight from Melbourne/Sydney to Denpasar (DPS) on (insert date) at (insert time) Hours has been cancelled due to the suspension of the route effective 1...

At the moment SQ are flying the following aircraft to MEL; all have the long haul 1-2-1 J product; SQ207/208 does not have first but the other 3 flights do; SQ227/228 currently receives the latest 77W's with the new products. You wont see any Regional J here in MEL! SQ207/208: 77E SQ217/218...

Yes I have seen a few reports where loads were quite dismal for QF37/38 - definitely "lie flat economy for everyone", however loads are picking up from this month, flights have only operated for 1 month~ so lets wait and see. It's also important to mention that alot of new capacity has been...

Well if anyone is interested, HU has already applied for x2 weekly Melbourne-Xi'an and x2 weekly Melbourne-Changsha, Xi'an is looking like its happening by the end of the year. HNA subsidiary, Beijing Capital Airlines has also just recently opened reservations for x3 weekly...

Will open in May, no specific date yet but next month has been confirmed.