Article: Daytime Flights from Asia to Australia

[Warks]

Planning the return from Europe for September and Istanbul to BKK then BKK to SYD are both 9 hours which splits the return nicely. And I noticed that Royal Thai has a 0830 flight out of BKK arriving at 2030. Mrs Warks says she sleeps better on day flights so that will be the go.

 

[dajop]

Not sure they're "steering clear" but short of something like the QF32 mentioned above, a QF "day flight" would require the inbound Oz-SIN flight(s) to be most likely a night flight up to SIN. Although, strangely, many here seem to think that a "sparrow's" arrival is a good thing for business people (personally I hated them), l

Whilst as a basic rule I prefer to avoid overnight flights wherever possible, the north/west bound overnights from East CoastAustralia to SE Asia are IMHO more palatable than the south/east bound ones from SE Asia to Australia. They are slightly longer and have better departure and arrival times for sleep.

 

[Melburnian1]

Whilst as a basic rule I prefer to avoid overnight flights wherever possible, the north/west bound overnights from East CoastAustralia to SE Asia are IMHO more palatable than the south/east bound ones from SE Asia to Australia. They are slightly longer and have better departure and arrival times for sleep.

Having recently been on SQ237 from SIN to MEL that is scheduled to depart at 0145, I 100 per cent agree. Not an enjoyable flight with minimal sleeping time in J.

 

[AIRwin]

PEN-CGK-PER on Batik:

Post in thread 'A Complete, Updated List of Fifth-Freedom Routes'

Feb 9, 2026

Batik Air Malaysia launching PEN-CGK-PER:

Batik Air Malaysia Adds Direct Penang – Perth Service in NS26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1500PST / 2300GMT 08FEB26 Batik Air Malaysia at the launch of Northern summer 2026 season plans to launch new direct service between Penang and Australia, with the scheduling of Penang – Jakarta – Perth route. From 29MAR26, the airline will operate this route on daily basis. OD197

www.aeroroutes.com

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[AIRwin]

Post in thread 'AirAsia adds DRW-KUL'

Mar 17, 2025

Mixed schedule:

AirAsia Malaysia expands presence in Australia with new route to Darwin — AirAsia Newsroom

AirAsia Malaysia (flight code AK) announces its expansion into Australia with a new route from Kuala Lumpur direct to Darwin, Australia, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to enhancing international connectivity from Malaysia.

newsroom.airasia.com

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Thread 'Air Asia drops Darwin, but starts Melbourne to Bali'

Mar 3, 2026

Air Asia is exiting all Darwin flights after a few short months.

Final services to DPS and KUL on 27 April, after the Easter peak.

Was 3/wk on Indo subsidiary to DPS and 3/wk on main airline to KUL.

But reportedly commencing MEL-DPS on 21 March.

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[Mattg]

Batik Air will add a daytime KUL-SYD option in July, running on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Departing 09:40, arriving 20:00.

Batik Air Malaysia Adds Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai / Sydney in NS26 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0000PDT / 0700GMT 23MAR26 Batik Air Malaysia in June and July 2026 schedules additional new routes to China and Australia, as the airline plans nonstop flight to Shanghai and Sydney. Kuala Lumpur – Shanghai Pu Dong eff 23JUN26 1 daily 737-800 OD616 KUL2000 – 0120+1PVG 738 D OD617

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[clifford]

Batik Air will add a daytime KUL-SYD option in July, running on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Departing 09:40, arriving 20:00.

Assuming the price and availability of fuel is not stupid.

 

[AIRwin]

SIN-WSI:

Thread 'Flights to/from WSI starting 23 November 2026'

Yesterday at 8:23 PM

Looks like Executive Traveller posted their article a bit too early: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/singapore-airlines-western-sydney-airport

• SQ202 will depart WSI at 11:55pm, arriving in Singapore at 5:05am the following day
• SQ201 leaves Singapore Changi Airport at 11:30am to reach WSI at 10:20pm

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[MelbFlyer]

I'll be on CX163 HKG to MEL in just over a months' time - departs 11:20 HKT and arrives MEL 22:15 AEST.

Will be on the Aria Suite too, looking forward to it

 

[RB001]

departs 11:20 HKT and arrives MEL 22:15

So CX has 5th Freedom from coughet to Melbourne now?



Of course, adjacent keys may say otherwise...

 

[AIRwin]

So CX has 5th Freedom from coughet to Melbourne now?



Of course, adjacent keys may say otherwise...

HKT = Hong Kong Time?

 

[million_thanas1968]

I'll be on CX163 HKG to MEL in just over a months' time - departs 11:20 HKT and arrives MEL 22:15 AEST.

Will be on the Aria Suite too, looking forward to it

Enjoy it! Likewise will be sampling Aria on the same route but in July. A mate who flew it few months back said it felt slightly more cramped than before but had good things to say about it.

 

[SeatBackForward]

SQ just announced daily SQ201 from SIN to WSI, leaving 11:30 arriving 22:20

 

[MelbFlyer]

HKT = Hong Kong Time?

Yep, HK time.

Enjoy it! Likewise will be sampling Aria on the same route but in July. A mate who flew it few months back said it felt slightly more cramped than before but had good things to say about it.

Thankyou and likewise!

I do imagine it would be slightly narrower than the A350 and non-refurbished B777 products, but at least it's new.

Fingers crossed there's no aircraft changes (I've checked the history and all CX163 flights have been operating with the refurbished 777-300ERs in the past week or so at least).

 

[Forg]

Fingers crossed there's no aircraft changes (I've checked the history and all CX163 flights have been operating with the refurbished 777-300ERs in the past week or so at least).

As a person who's flying CX in June/July ... how does one find out if one's scheduled to be on a refurb'd aircraft?

 

[SeatBackForward]

As a person who's flying CX in June/July ... how does one find out if one's scheduled to be on a refurb'd aircraft?

If you search on the CX website, they indicate which flights are scheeduled to use the refurbed aircraft:

 

[Forg]

Thanks @SeatBackForward … seems the legs between Oz & HK are Aria (the ones between HK & Europe are A350’s).

Now we just gotta keep our fingers crossed that those flights aren’t cancelled …

 

[SeatBackForward]

Now we just gotta keep our fingers crossed that those flights aren’t cancelled …

The risk of aircraft change only goes away once you're up in the air!

 

[MelbFlyer]

As a person who's flying CX in June/July ... how does one find out if one's scheduled to be on a refurb'd aircraft?

If your seat map has a seat 18K on it (but no other seats in Row 18), plus 5 full rows in the rear business cabin, you've got a refurbished 777-300ER.

Also, a listing of flights currently operated with refurbished aircraft are as per below:

Which Flights Feature Cathay Pacific's Aria Suite? 14 Planes & 9(ish) Routes

Which planes have Cathay Pacific's new Aria Suite business class, and which routes do these planes operate? Here's what you need to know.

onemileatatime.com

Australian Routes
Melbourne (MEL) — daily on the CX163/178 rotation
Sydney (SYD) — daily on the CX101/100 rotation

International Routes
Frankfurt (FRA) — daily on the CX289/288 rotation
London (LHR) — daily on the CX255/250 rotation
Milan (MXP) — 3x weekly on the CX233/234 rotation
San Francisco (SFO) — daily on the CX872/873 rotation
Tokyo Haneda (HND) — daily on the CX548/549 rotation
Vancouver (YVR) — daily on the CX888/865 rotation