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The way the PR is phrased - launching of those routes subject to ACCC approval seems to suggest VA won’t do it alone without a QR backed JV.

Indeed. Which is what led me to think it’s more likely the latter (they think it’s a non issue). Given the QR/QF fiasco brought bad PR to the government and the upcoming election, I actually think it’s a smart move to announce it now while the government have its hands tied while people still...

We can all see that’s exactly the point - that includes Bain, QR, VA, QF and of course the Australian government. It’s naive to think Bain/QR and its teams of advisors lawyers, back channels to politicians hasn’t thought this through. They’ve either priced it such that the investment is...

Is that true? I’ve tried to fact check this but couldn’t find any sources that would suggest the wet lease were objected to. Would be nice if you can link yours. The best I found was the QR newsroom release - there was no note on “pending regulatory approval” on the Finnair wet lease arrangement...

Why would that be the case? Is there specific requirement about wet lease or is it just because of the “public interest” thing? At one point Bonza even wet leased from Canada and the government didn’t seem to blink. It’s hard to see why just wet leasing would make VA ineligible for a DOH slot.

Do you mean the ACCC? It’s unlikely QF would contest VA’s allocation for Qatari slots and any uncontested application IASC basically wave it through. ACCC review will be required for any potential alliance / joint venture where schedules and fares are coordinated. Without that the best VA and...

Maybe they shouldn’t have given back the HND slot that early. Though it’s hard to imagine VA management weren’t aware of this and there’s probably reason to not hold on to it for a few more months.

UA seems to be doing better with selling J and upgrades on the US departure compared to AUS departure. Make sense if UA wants to hold inventory for upgrade and cash fares

But in this case it’s VA’s award inventory for SYD-MEL and UA’s award inventory for MEL-LAX. I have not seen rewards ticket applying married segment to multi carrier trips before. I guess it’s a way for VFF to force people to burn more points on the domestic J? Say for OP’s trying to find...

SQ's in a different position than EY when compared to QR though. EY's network is largley is subset of QR and their role is largely the same in their optimal onward destinations where as SQ is an important partnet for VA in Asia and China, especially without the HNA Group as redemption partner...

Then I'd say this trump all other options. Credit to VFF for the SC and gift. VFF is good because you also get acccess to EY and QR going to Europe and possibly even North America east coast cities. KF and *A in general is weaker in this market for AU based traveller. If you compare SQ via KF...

If you have someone you can gift the membership to and he/she can effectively utilise (trvavels enough but not enough to earn status) it then it's great. If you only need the 20kg extra luggage on top of the 40kg already came with the J ticket then you can put in your VFF membership for...

No. The MAX 9 would have the same range as the MAX 8, and the MAX 10 actually have less range than the MAX 8 / 9. The A321neo wins hands down in terms of spec that’s pretty clear. Although in terms of capacity the MAX 9 is about 2 rows shorter than then MAX 10. I guess VA is still hesitant in...

These are reputable journalists in the sector publishing in reputable publications. They have their sources from inside and certainly won't just make things out of thin air and risk their reputations.

Why not the MAX 9 I guess? It's what UA did and it's only a 10 seat difference compared to the MAX 10.

Posted on VA’s instagram a “secret announcement” is coming tomorrow… 🤔

yes and no. If I just doesn’t turn up to the airport then the plane has an extra empty seat which could be used by VA to fly someone else ahead. Seems fair to charge me a fee to rebook in this case. If I request to fly behind X hour before departure then the seat could be sold/given to someone...

Small sidetrack - have anyone tried to “Fly Behind”? If flying ahead is a benefit then it feels to me volunteering to take a later flight is beneficial to VA as well?😅

Perhaps even more surprisingly that’s a 60W PD USB-C, plenty capable of charging a lightweight laptop in the absence of an AC socket. Very nice.

It’s only LAX-PVG and only 4 flights per week initially until December which will increase to daily. On the grand scheme of things it’s still just a fraction of capacity compared to pre pandemic UA so the extra 1.5 787 this route will take is relatively minor compared to the overall 787 fleet...