Article: Qantas Shelves Plans for London First Lounge

[sudoer]

It was really a PR exercise.

Yes, just like Sunrise, it's all about the PR and getting free headline publicity by "making news".

The reality was Qantas had an intention to improve the London lounge situation, but no idea how they were actually going to execute it. So they publicise their (zero-commitment) intention to open an F lounge in 3-4 years, collect the free publicity, then quietly walk those intentions back when it doesn't work out. Everyone forgets except the 0.001% of flyers (us) who follow and care.

For as long as News Corp and friends keep giving Qantas free headlines for announcements that are not actually news, why wouldn't their PR team keep repeating the same routine?

I'd already poked holes in the lounge update earlier in the year.

 

[SYD]

and T3's future is in doubt.

and that’s the current realty.

 

[RooFlyer]

T3's future is in doubt.

But what would be the earliest realisation - at least a decade, if its comes about. The T3 lounge really needs some improvement before then (like, now). I mean, its not bad - in as much as its better than HBA, but for the premium destination, with genuine F traffic, its not up to scratch.

For as long as News Corp and friends keep giving Qantas free headlines for announcements that are not actually news, why wouldn't their PR team keep repeating the same routine?

There's a fair few here on AFF who breathlessly shovel that grist into the mill, too!

 

[clifford]

But what would be the earliest realisation - at least a decade, if its comes about. The T3 lounge really needs some improvement before then (like, now).

No doubt T3 will be replaced by a new facility at the same time as the 3rd runway is comissioned.

Or when T1 is replaced, or...

 

[RooFlyer]

No doubt T3 will be replaced by a new facility at the same time as the 3rd runway is comissioned.

If it’s tagged to the new runway, then make it 20 to 30 years

 

[SYD]

If it’s tagged to the new runway, then make it 20 to 30 years

On paper the 3rd runway is 10yrs. I probably wouldn’t be investing capital into something that’s not going to be around longer than 10yrs.

However, the full T5X is apparently well beyond that - but who really knows?

 

[RooFlyer]

On paper the 3rd runway is 10yrs. I probably wouldn’t be investing capital into something that’s not going to be around longer than 10yrs.

However, the full T5X is apparently well beyond that - but who really knows?

I was meaning I thought that the new runway wouldn’t be operational for 20 to 30 years. So much opposition to it, not at least between the? hundreds probably a lot more - of households that are going to have to be moved. Which political party has the political capital with withstand that sort of opposition ?.

Saying this in the context of the longevity of current T3 and whether or not the Qantas lounge needs upgrading in the short term.

 

[SYD]

I was meaning I thought that the new runway wouldn’t be operational for 20 to 30 years. So much opposition to it, not at least between the? hundreds probably a lot more - of households that are going to have to be moved. Which political party has the political capital with withstand that sort of opposition ?.

Saying this in the context of the longevity of current T3 and whether or not the Qantas lounge needs upgrading in the short term.

Without getting into politics, the current Government is talking about turning soil by 2029 and 3rd runway operational by 2035.

AFAIK, it’s more vague about the timing of T5X and therefore the longevity of T3.

 

[RooFlyer]

Without getting into politics, the current Government is talking about turning soil by 2029 and 3rd runway operational by 2035.

As Sir Humphrey would say “that’s a very brave thing to do, Minster”

Not a chance.