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Hopefully the only tickets involved.

Baku is a good choice for many reasons. The medical people would possibly have suggested Dubai (as their choices are only related to medical facilities), but they would also have taken into account the timing. ATC, airfield, etc, issues are left to the crew. Whilst I'd be happy enough to fly...

I guess it will really blow up when the bullets stop being rubber.

The 380 is quite respectable with regard to fuel burn, as long as you keep the cabin mostly full. It does not work at all if you've only got a 787 load!

They wouldn't know. QF doesn't tell them anything either.

I tried one recently for flights to Europe. I was staggered by just how poor their pricing and flexibility was. Booked online.

...which I last flew on 31/3/2004.

This is an old one thread...but the reason for that is probably high altitude wind shear. If you're in a 150 knot jet stream, the boundary as you come out (or in) can be extremely rough, and there will be no warning at all.

I’m sure they’d love to be able to, but I suspect that they’re aware of the ramifications. Not only would there be push back from the pilot body, but I’m sure the regulator would become heavily involved. The law regarding fuel orders is pretty clear.

The LEAP engine can go up to 32k lbs...at which point, at 737-10 MTOW, it would have exactly the same thrust to weight ratio as a 757 with RR engines at MTOW. I suspect the 757 might be able to go a bit further though. But, wouldn't a nice modern update of the 757 be something.

Possibly worth noting that the climb and descent phases of the flight aren't considered for the application of ETOPs. So, that can potentially change your geometry by a hundred NM or so. Not always possible though. For instance, taking a large jet to Tahiti, you probably cannot carry a full...

When an aircraft does its first flight, it’s only complete as far as the aviation bits are concerned. The cabin fit out may not have started at all.

“Up to” is the new “buyer beware”.

Sign used to happen over in the offices off Burke Road, and then the crews were bused over to the terminals. But, some genius worked out that you could save some $ by pushing the time taken to actually get into the terminal from the QF sheet on to the crew themselves...by simply moving sign in...

In NZ recently, and we had our phones on the same sort of data only esim from simify.com. Did the job.

That would be a rare outcome, and not something you could ever rely on. Is catching the jet out of Sydney an option? Such a pity that service out of Melbourne was canned, just to make the Perth 787 look better.

So, in 24 hours you went from flying with QF on a direct flight at what appears a reasonable price, to bashing them and taking an indirect (and presumably much longer) flight, because you’ll be cut off from the net for a few hours. Whilst you may tell us that your time on the flight is valuable...

Looks like that engineering tape covering up stone chips. Can’t say I’ve ever seen it before, but I doubt that it’s anything other than paint damage.

I wonder what their plan is for the crew sign on. If it's the place I'm thinking off, it contained a number of the base management peoples' offices and sign on and briefing areas for both pilots and cabin crew.

Starlink only started their integration program in 2022. QF signed the Viasat contract in 2016. As of now, about 500 aircraft worldwide are fitted for Starlink, but the queue is at least 2,000 places long. It might be incompetence (I always think that when considering AJ or his acolytes), but...