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Just thought this was interesting news from down south. Congratulations Melbourne! —— Melbourne Airport First In Oz To Beat Pre-Covid International Numbers The last few months have seen international carriers from home and abroad descend on Melbourne Airport in addition to strong domestic...

Looks pretty incredible!

I don’t suppose anyone is an ‘expert’ in how status credits are treated during a status hold? I’m trying to answer a question for a colleague who is trying to work out taking the status credits v points (QFF Bonus Status Credits/Points gift on back of Aug 2023 profit), and it’s the first time...

Well, I know that there has been a dire shortage of anyone on AFF travelling internationally recently and thus no international trip reports have surfaced for months and months.... but here is a thread to hopefully keep a few people engaged with the hope of international travel returning someday...

Hi QR frequent travellers A question that is surprisingly hard to answer thanks to QR’s wonderful website! Does anyone know if QR’s A350’s have bassinet seats in J? Can’t seem to find the answer... seat guru also does not have any seats marked as bassinet seats. Thanks!

Qantas and Virgin have responded to the horrific AU bushfires: QANTAS - $1 million cash (no strings) to bushfire relief and recovery - Free travel for fire fighters and equipment - QF group airlines collecting passenger donations at airports - QF loyalty encouraging people to convert points...

Qantas has added new flights between Alice and Darwin following Virgin’s decision to exit the route. QantasLink chief executive officer John Gissing said the airline would launch three additional weekly return flights between Alice Springs and Darwin...

Qantas has announced that it will be launching a Tamworth to Brisbane direct route as of 29 March 2020, https://www.finder.com.au/qantas-set-to-launch-flights-from-tamworth-to-brisbane

New Mildura to Sydney route to begin 29 March 2020 Introduction of three more weekly flights between Bendigo and Sydney These routes estimated to boost spending in regional Victoria by more than $3 million each year Sale fares for Mildura-Sydney available from $179 one-way QantasLink will...

Where to start... https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/virgin-australia-dials-down-hot-hosties-in-favour-of-a-flying-toupee-20191107-p5387z

Qantas has confirmed it is looking at the feasability of introducing direct flights between Sydney to Kangaroo Island. The airline already operates daily flights between Kingscote and Adelaide using its Q300 aircraft and seasonal flights between Kingscote and Melbourne using a larger Q400...

Gathering steam now - with VA and QF combining and heading to lobby CBR together after claiming a huge lack of regulatory oversight of AU’s monopoly airport operators. Watch out PER and all.... PS quoted as saying ‘Landing fees make it almost impossible to discount fares’...

Japan makes more slots available to Australian airlines at the coveted Haneda. Assuming VA is still wedded to HKG, QF will probably pounce on them. Will we see MEL expansion? Full articles: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&dest="]NoCookies |...

Turnaround may prove tricky for new Virgin Australia CEO Scurrah Shareholders will press Virgin Australia Holdings' new CEO Paul Scurrah to present a robust strategic plan on Wednesday, when the airline is expected to report its seventh consecutive annual loss, on top of $1.2 billion worth of...

Virgin Australia's second-in-command will depart the airline this week after his position was removed in a management restructure under new chief executive Paul Scurrah. Rob Sharp's role as group executive will be split into two new positions: chief operations officer and chief commercial...

Hi all quick question, is anyone else having issues looking for reward seats on the SQ app? It’s very buggy and searches mostly return just a blank screen!

AMERICAN AIRLINES CEO PREDICTS “GOOD NEWS” ON PROPOSED QANTAS ALLIANCE American Airlines chief executive Doug Parker says he expects to hear some “good news” soon about the fate of the proposed joint-venture with Qantas. In February 2018, the two carriers applied to the United States...

Hi all I rarely fly the Emirates 777 (try to avoid) but have 5 flights coming up in quick succession... all in J and flying solo as for work. I prefer having access to the aisle to go and wander around if I get bored and need to stretch and also to get things out of my bag in the overhead so I...

Qantas has sought regulatory approval for Cathay Pacific to codeshare on its flights between Australia and Hong Kong. The apparent expansion of the airlines’ recently-announced codesharing arrangement is revealed in a Qantas application to the International Air Services Commission (IASC), the...

Hi all Transiting via Dubai this week as for once my TA hasn’t been able to get me on QF or EK all the way (peak travel periods I guess). So I’m doing BA into Dubai then transferring across to EK. BA arrives into T1 in Dubai (have never been here!) and EK of course out of T3. Any members...