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Re: Qantas Club Lounge - Denied Access HKG is one airport I could certainly cope with having a long layover in (as well as SIN)! I have accessed the (old) QF J lounge at HKG as a QP when flying on CX, however this was due to a unique situation involving irrops, EK and QF codeshares that...

jb, you've probably seen the sad story of the AA captain who passed away in flight. In a situation like this with only a 2 person crew, and putting aside the emotional issues for the pilot flying, how difficult would it be to prepare the aircraft to land? I assume that in a normal scenario the...

Agree with this. I think they had to make major changes to the video for the suites?. My last two 330 trips were on non-refurbs with the dreaded work-bench in J and it was the 'old' safety in style video. I actually don't mind the current one; looks quite professional and the lead FA can...

Nice TR. Enjoy your videos, especially the soundtrack The hard product looks pretty average for a new aircraft:shock:, especially compared to the recent 330 offerings of QF and VA. Out of interest, having now sampled LA on the 787, how would you compare the J hard product between LA and QF for...

I think it's clear from other threads that the OP isn't a fan of QF, and that's fine. There are a range of options out there, and variety is what makes life interesting :p. But I do question the motivation of some of these threads. On the one hand, we have a lengthy thread about QF delays (some...

I don't quite get the culturally dissimilar issue? What's your key experience here between the Middle East and Asia? While I agree than on the whole SIN is a more pleasant airport than DXB for someone without lounge access (but in J this is a bit redundant IMO), I think there are merits to...

It's an interesting situation. We took the LAX-JFK leg after a few days in LA. On that morning the flight was delayed out of LAX by about 90 minutes, and upon landing at JFK I noticed there was going to be a 60 minute delay for the return leg back to LAX, which surely would have made the...

Speaking from recent experience (the past month) - I arrived into LAX on QF11 (ex SYD). We were delayed 1.5hrs out of Sydney due to a medical issue. Upon landing in LAX, the CSM made a PA detailing the process for pax connecting onto QF11 to JFK (note this will be the 747 arriving from as QF15...

Here's a link to a passengers footage direct from the flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KivHgCeJgiI Looks like CX handled this really well, from pilots to cabin crew, and even having ground staff sent from YVR to ANC to meet passengers

Will be interesting to see what happens, and I agree the choice of cabin fit-out will be highly dependent upon the routes that are chosen. For the routes, it would be nice to think that any initial order would be used for expansion, rather than just a direct 1-for-1 replacement of the 747...

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion But which cabin was that in? Load factor doesn't necessarily mean a route is profitable. You mention MNL has high load factors, yet the fact QF don't operate daily would indicate the yield isn't as high as other Asian ports. QF mention...

Good to finally see some real competition on the regional NZ routes - some of the pricing is just ridiculous Wonder if there will be any attempts by QF Loyalty to further develop QFF in NZ as well. I don't know if much can be read into the recent status match that was held in NZ as a carrot to...

Agree with the consensus that VA is the way to go, particularly for lounges at both ends, and service recovery priority. Lounge time may be of use to the OP to help with killing some time (working at the lounge whilst waiting for the flight?) - this is an assumption, obviously dependent on your...

Recently had my first flight in the new suite (on the very fresh looking EBS) on a trans-con On the whole...I really like the product. It's an incredible leap from the product it replaced (Skybed Mk1) and I can see this product going into the 380 when they have their mid-life refurb. After 5...

Agree the AKL QF lounge is nothing flash, but with AKL being nothing more than a trans-Tasman port for QF, there probably isn't really the need for a super flash F lounge. I think I read on ausbt that QF were planning an upgrade for AKL. If that was to happen, I could see it becoming something...

Apologies if this one has been asked before... Was on a QF 738 into MEL the other day and the CSM advised that all electronic devices had to be completely turned off (not flight mode) at the request of the captain as they were doing an auto land into MEL. It was mentioned that an auto land has...

I was more surprised with the open roads (100km/hr) rather than the urban areas. After extensive driving on the A1/3/4/9, we did not see anything at all! Although considering most other cars were easily doing around the 110-120 mark most of the time, I can only suspect there aren't often radar...

Tasmania is such a great place for long distance driving! Some amazing scenery and better road condition than we had expected. But does anyone actually stick to 100km/hr when signposted? There's either the camper vans/trucks doing 70, or the cars doing 120 in convoy! And on a related note, are...

Such a tragic event. Not only because it hits close to home with Australian's involved, but because so many children were on board as well. Like any aviation incident, mainstream media seem to have outdone themselves with idle speculation and just plain poor reporting, with assistance from...

I thought they looked very similar to something I'd seen on QF, but I just wasn't sure which product they were! On a related note, it will be interesting to see how JQ goes on the DPS runs now, considering the entry of XT, and the extra number of cheap seats to flood the market.