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JB - with the recent Wuhan flight do you know how they would have handled fuel and maintenance? Is it likely they fueled for the round trip and possibly had a engineer on board, given they'd likely want to limit exposure to any local maintenance staff, and of course minmise the risk of being...

A lot of the Indian based outsourcing providers are cheap for a reason! Compared to the Big 4 I'd be surprised if the travel policy for outsourcing staff were as generous, sure some staff may go Business however the vast majority will be in the back (I dont have any experience with them in the...

Not too bad for a shower and decent meal.

Agree. Also ridiculous that flights to the US and UK do not have the same gate liquid restrictions, who would if anything be under a high threat level than Australia.

Thanks all. I'm a mere bronze on QF however I've also been looking at availability via the BA site(I'm a silver) and AA(platinum). I'm curious if there is a QF policy of no award seats on these flights, except by request from a QF platinum? Has anybody been able to redeem in J or F on these...

Hi all - I've been trying without success to find a J or F award seat on the new London flights - QF1/2 or QF9/10. I havent been able to find any F/J award seat - in either direction - from September this year to February 2019. Has anybody seen any availability in the premium cabins since the...

The QF web site is/should be the primary interface between QF and its customers. The web site should at least be reliable and functional, that spend should not be controversial within QF. Earlier this week myself and some colleagues tried to price up some itineraries for the new LHR>PER...

I was at this lounge last week waiting for the 7am CX flight to HKG I wasnt expecting much but to be honest I thought it was quite reasonable - various hot dishes to choose from (eggs/sausages/bacon etc), barista coffee. I'm pretty sure there was only the CX flight leaving at that time so...

So for those airlines operating to Perth, who do not carry enough fuel for an alternate operate with a significant competitive advantage ? Given alternates can be required not just due to weather conditions (i.e. aircraft blocking runway, or in the case of Perth - both runways), its quite a...

I fly Comfort+ regularly across the Atlantic, its essentially Economy class with extra leg room. You get first choice of drinks/meals but I dont believe the menu is different from "normal" Economy. Its nothing special, but the extra leg room makes a different on long flights. You get extra FF...

Re: Perth alternates Thanks andmiz for your comments. Yes, the main point I was trying to get across in my earlier posting is that aircraft may need to divert for non weather reasons. It seems the QF SIN>PER flight in 2006 that landed below legal minimums was lucky that it was "only" fog. If...

Good overview. Given how depressed the British pound is it might be a good time for me to transfer some AUD into GBP !

Re: Perth alternates Thanks Aviator. I guess my original surprise was the QF Singapore flight I mentioned earlier didnt carry any fuel for diversion to an alternate, and while the original forecast had no prediction of Fog plenty of other reasons could have caused the airfield to close...

Re: Perth alternates Maybe. However legally they didnt need to hold enough fuel to get to Kalgoorlie , given they declared a Mayday and went under legal minimums to get into Perth I wouldnt think Kalgoorlie was an option! I didnt realise Australian carriers dont need to hold enough fuel to...

Perth alternates JB Catching up on some of the information around the proposed 787 service London>Perth direct. I see there have been some posts on AFF previously about alternates to Perth which I assume will remain for the proposed 787 service(Learmonth, possibly Pearce/Kalgoorlie) I was...

Totally agree! What works elsewhere seems to fail in Perth!!

Re: Qantas website - a bit crook? Some may argue Australia has the distinction, generally, of having the worse websites in the world! (says somebody who has spent the last day trying to catch up on Australian news from the thewest.com.au, theage.com.au and news.com.au!) But the QF is...

First I've heard of this. Has this been documented/announced? Seems quite a limitation that QF has accepted. Alan Joyce mentioned the possibility of Per>DXB>Ber soon after the EK deal was announced so I'm surprised to hear this!

Agree with the potential benefits if the additional flights occur. However that will only happen once the new QF terminal is built on the International side of the airport. QF will not be operating more Perth - Europe flights before the early/mid 2020s. The current issue is around WA gov...

Publicity? Maybe. I think QF would want the flights to work but are realistic they need support. I'm of the view that the benefits to WA do not justify taxpayers support. There was a Deloitte report predicting $140m per year from additional tourism spending from this single daily flight...