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They reduced capacity because they simply couldn’t compete with the plethora of other one stop services, but the differentiation this time is non-stop. Of course to be seen how much of a differentiator this will be.

Sounds like an excuse as MEL and SYD are more or less the same distance from LHR (MEL is actually 70 mi closer).

Or arriving on a train and dealing with the hundreds of touts waiting there to find a pension to stay in ! Aah I miss the randomness of it all.

I remain sceptical that we’ll see sunrise services between MEL and LHR despite them being mentioned originally (in favour of double daily from SYD and SYD-CDG perhaps) , and as such the via SIN service will pivot to MEL-SIN-LHR to serve MEL, BNE and a new A321 service from ADL.

MEL? Timing of these flights is identical to the fourth MEL-DPS flight of the day (JQ35/36). Leading to speculation (my own of course 🤣 ) that this approach will be replicated in Sydney once WSI opens.

Interestingly on Qantas run a single A380 service SIN-LHR each day. They also run up to 9 services a day between Australia and SIN, so their presence in SIN isn’t entirely dependent on the LHR service. I guess the AF, AY and KL codeshares support this traffic as well, but there is very...

From a business and PE class perspective I can’t say I’ve ever noticed anything unusual during the SIN-NYC/vv flights that I’ve taken. If anything less of a rush on the toilets towards the end than on a short overnight like SIN-MEL/SYD. Of course economy may be different, but still remember...

Can see merit in this in the F lounge. The most pax I’ve seen in there at any given times is 8. Make more sense to have three separate cubicles that anyone can use (one accessible) than separate M and F toilets.

In my experience, spanning Flixbus rides in France, Netherlands/Belgium and Italy - yet to have operational wifi - but other than that, comfortable and a good price, (about 1/4 the price of trains and only slightly longer journey time , or the ride we took in Italy the only choice unless we...

I guess what proportion of these sort of battery fires are relate to laptop or phone batteries vs powerbanks ? Given that the former are much more commonly carried than powerbanks would be, I assume

I am based in SIN and have been for almost 17 years (originally from Melbourne). I have zero business travel back to Australia, so it is all leisure/VFR. Since covid finished, I've definitely moved to day flights (a ratio of 5:1 daytime to overnight), But I don't sleep well on planes, even...

I suspect the loss of the longstanding EK service has encouraged JQ to stay in the market longer, and see how it turns out. Anecdotally, in my 17 years of semi-commuting between SIN & MEL fares have never been higher than they have been this year. They are lucky, if like over the last...

Good timings for Bali trips for travellers originating in Singapore, and must feel there is money to be made on this. Although it would have to be one of the more hotly contested routes in terms of number of carriers operating, with 9 competing on the route.

One thing I used to like about EF is it showed exit row and bulkhead seats as blocked on SQ if they weren't occupied. After the recent downgrade to the site, it now just shows them as occupied, regardless of whether they are or not. i.e. shows as occupied even though on the SQ website they...

Now I was thinking that name (Sunshine Express) looked familiar. Last time I saw it was in Brisbane some 20 years ago.

That's what I was saying. But there is some black magic due to the married sectors issue and the competency of the agent is also a factor, and I'm not sure if 1) You might lose the retained sector in the process of making the change when you "divorce" the married sectors (for the want of a...

Adding a stopover is more complicated than you would think. Firstly on a Saver, you are permitted to include only one stopover, i.e in one direction. If you were trying to add two stopovers, then that is why it would need to be in Advantage award. You could, subject to availability in...

For posterity, a screenshot of the last two weeks of JQ 7 (minus today's flight which just landed, some 75 minutes late). The winner being Thu 23rd as the only on time arrival in the period.

It could be worse. You could be travelling into SYD on the similarly timed SQ 211, in the F cabin. Which is has exactly the same choice for the prelanding refreshment. Oh well, the plebs up the back, for that meal, have a choice between a "Margherita Pizza Bar" and a "Mozzarella, Tomato and...

Don't underestimate how petty and small minded management can get. There must be some reason all 6 flights to east coast Australia departing between 7 and 11am have identical menus. And porridge is a cheap item, which is consistent with their overall cheapening of their catering in recent...