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The Taiwanese airlines China Airlines and EVA Air have a good reputation. I've been on Eva multiple times and found it good, pre-COVID. There's no shortage of J class YouTube videos showing various lounge and flight experiences. However in a quick search for mainland Chinese airlines China...

Today marks 10 years since the delays/cancellations threads on 'AFF' were commenced. While 'Ask The Pilot' is clearly AFF's number one drawcard with its three million views (deservedly so), the delays and cancellations threads evoke interest, with almost a million views of the Qantas...

I like airlines to have flight numbers that are as simple as possible, and preferably (with gaps for expansion) numbered sequentially. For instance, it's good that QF tends to number its MEL-SYD flights as QF400...and so on, rather than a seemingly random collection of all over the ship...

Friday 9 June 2023 saw VJ85, the scheduled 1930 hours SGN down to SYD (A333 VN-A814) not airborne until 2221 hours, so SYD arrival at gate on Saturday 10 was 132 minutes late at 0932 hours. The returning VN86 (1015 hours is the timetabled pushback) is showing as likely to be off blocks at 1145...

In 2021-22, the ACCC's latest airline monitoring report (issued on 8 March 2023) found QFd (by itself, not including JQd) had a percentage passenger market share of about two per cent more than VAd. Yet the number of complaints received re QF was way above those regarding VA. The ACCC singled...

Sometimes proposed strikes are settled at the last minute, but apparently the Mark Rowsthorn (late of Asciano and Toll Holdings) -run Rivet Group (HQ in Camberwell, Melbourne) employees are striking for 24 hours on Wednesday 8 March 2023 from 0400 AEDT. The dispute is re pay negotiations that...

On Sunday 26 February 2023, an unhelpful QFd cabin crew operated QF445, the 1300 hours early afternoon with B738 VH-VZW from Sydney down to Melbourne. Yesterday afternoon, the cheapest one way Y fare available was an outrageous $700 on this flight. Business class was booked out. No reward...

The first flight, a northbound MCY to PPP on Tuesday 31 January 2023 ran late, but so far I can't see any specific online details via FR24 or other sources. I do not know if the B738 was VH-UJK or VH-UJT.

With international flights into and out of Oz only at 60 to 70 per cent of 2019 levels, is anyone experiencing being transferred by bus to or from a departing or arriving aircraft at an Australian airport? In theory, there should be less pressure on airport gates for international flights but...

The news(dot)com(dot)au site, which can be sensationalist like some online competitors, has a video of Wednesday 4 January 2023's VA1522 (1800 hours TSV-SYD twice weekly, B738 VH-VON) that took off at 1901 hours and arrived at 2220 hours, 40 minutes late. Up front, an inebriated passenger is...

In the last few months, the J food on WY (Oman Air) was excellent, or so I thought as a plebeian. The choices were excellent, pleasing to the palate and (where required) no skimping on quantity (perhaps not a good thing for one's waistline). I have read a few Internet comments claiming food on...

ICN-SYD is TW's first international long-haul route. Probably the definition of 'long haul' is anything above seven and a half or eight hours, so this route ticks that box. I'd never heard of this airline before seeing an article about it a short while back, but it has a fairly lengthy history...

To my surprise, Philippine Airlines is having a seat sale with some excellent fares. I had presumed given bookings were so heavy, it wouldn't do this until the mainland Chinese carriers started operating en masse, as they tend to drive down Asian and other fares. PR flies nonstop from BNE, MEL...

'SMH'/'The Age' have just posted a lengthy article stating that six of JQi's 11 B788s are inoperable. There are numerous cancellations and delays recorded in the applicable JQ thread on AFF, but I hadn't bothered to look up the individual JQ aircraft rego numbers to see which ones had not flown...

The NSW TrainLink XPTs operate at a maximum speed of 130kmh in Victoria. They often sail past trucks and cars on the adjacent freeway. Recently, V/Line began permanently running VLocity railcars also are permitted a maximum of 130kmh on the standard gauge line. (On some broad gauge tracks...

News Ltd online sites have a photo of the QF CEO's $19 million Sydney Harbour mansion with a fair amount of what's said to be toilet paper strewn on the roof and splattered egg (remains) visible. It's linked in the articles to recent adverse publicity re the airline. Police are apparently...

NAB has sent an email advising that from 30 June 2022, cover for some COVID-19 instances will be included as part of existing 'free' credit card travel insurance. However it has yet to update the policy available online, as it's dated 31 March 2021. Today's email suggests referring to Part D...

QFd passengers arriving in MEL all week I am informed, including today, are facing delays of between one and two hours to retrieve arriving checked luggage from the carousel. One assumes this is due to baggage handlers being off sick with a viral infection. Whether delays mitigate during...

On board QF431 (the 0930 hours SYD - MEL, B738 VH-VYJ) on Thursday 9 June 2022, there was a double booking between a passenger and a QF staff member. The flight was close to full. So what was the solution? The passenger was seated in 3A, but was then moved right down the back to seat 30C in...

Philippines has just announced that from 30 May 2022, it's scrapping mandatory travel insurance and pre-departure tests for travellers. The only requirement for the latter to apply is that one must have had a 'course' of vaccines plus a booster shot, so the effect is that Australians who've...