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A flag carrier just refers to an international carrier domiciled in that country. Virgin Australia is also a flag carrier of Australia, as is Jetstar and even AirNorth. From wikipedia: A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally...

That's true in general, however reading between the lines in the annual reports, you can see that the Qantas Board has a fairly hands-on role when it comes to fleet planning in particular. Also, regarding the pilot's lockout in 2011, the Board has specifically approved the idea two weeks...

This is why I'm wondering what the EBA actually says if duty travel pilots must be assigned economy, even though they're entitled to business class normally. Usually, the lawyers have thought about it and there will already be some kind of remedy - as I mentioned above, maybe they will be paid...

You're missing the point. No one is saying Qantas should violate the EBA*. But the situation simply shouldn't exist in the first place. People in this thread are sugggesting: * Qantas should operate in a manner such that this is an extremely rare situation; i.e. having enough standby pilots...

Many countries require this, close to home, New Zealand is particularly strict about it (for non-AU/NZ passport holders).

How is that no choice? Surely Qantas should have rescheduled your connection too?

It's worth noting that most of Joyce's most controversial moves (pilot lockouts, deferring fleet investment, refusing to payback Covid subsidies, protracted engineers' union disputes, etc etc) have all been done at the Qantas board's behest or approval. It's the Board, not the CEO, that sets...

US airlines with "Economy Plus" or similar (normal economy seats with slightly more leg room), generally have the overhead lockers in that area marked with stickers saying it's reserved for those seats. It doesn't always work out that way in practice.

Has the industry learned nothing from the United "doctor dragging" incident? They need to be running their operations in a way that people getting bumped is an extraordinarily remote occurrence. Does that mean they might have to hire more staff and have them on standby, at places like...

Well, I'm a bit out of touch on this one! Thanks folks for clarifying, somehow I never saw this discussed before.

A Circle Pacific fare is only available for cash, it doesn't relate to classic reward bookings at all. You might be able to use points on a "points plus pay" basis, as with any commercial fare type, but this is terrible value and extremely strongly recommended against. The Qantas fare that...

Interesting, I didn't realise Qantas had fifth-freedom rights to carry Singapore-origin passengers to non-AU destinations? Is that a new development?

I don't think that would appreciably affect the B787 fleet - those flights are never cancelled when Sydney airport is on single-runway operations, it's the domestic schedule that suffers. Yes there might be short holds of 30-45 minutes but if the schedule can't absorb those, that's indicative...

There's enough USA/AUS capacity at the moment that I think they should be able to get you there the same day, or by the next morning, if QF7 is cancelled in advance, though it might require creative re-routes. This is assuming your connecting flight to NYC is on the same booking reference as...

Are airlines better at putting on more flights at short notice these days ? I know it can be a challenge to crew them at times, but if it were otherwise not a busy time of year it seems it would be in Qantas' interest to cancel a bunch of SYD-MEL's and run a few more MEL-PER flights to cater to...

I would HUACA (hang up and call again) - you need to complete the payment, or as you say, the flights will not be ticketed and the seats lost. You don't need to mention it was Paypal - just call and say you need to make payment for a booking.

I don't see that the Qantas modifications to the A350-1000 make any sense for freight - they are having to add a huge amount of weight in aramid shielding to protect the fuel tanks in the cargo hold, all of which impacts commercial payload. Freight doesn't complain about refueling stops so none...

How is it horrid for the airline Board? It has good economics and punters continue to fill up the seats at a premium price. Sure it's not the most comfortable for all but when has that *actually* been a requirement particularly for Y? They aren't going for comfort, they are going for the...

Can you give an example? The only bonus points promotions I use are the ones for store branded items (including produce) which don't usually go on sale.

Surely they jest? Qantas' piddly order of 14 B787-9's is one of the "most influential" purchases? You've got to be kidding... Also, Airbus winning the Sunrise order is no great coup given the expensive bespoke modifications which will render the planes uneconomic for any other operator, it's...