Death of the in flight magazine

[henrus]

NZ has one

And on long haul flights they carry a few with trans Tasman flights carrying a handful. Domestic flights every seat has them but what I’m getting at is don’t expect them at every seat, this was also a change made well before Covid with the decision to carry less of them on flights with IFE.

 

[cambriamarsh]

And on long haul flights they carry a few with trans Tasman flights carrying a handful. Domestic flights every seat has them but what I’m getting at is don’t expect them at every seat, this was also a change made well before Covid with the decision to carry less of them on flights with IFE.

Thought they were on all flights! Wonder what drove the decision to reduce the number on longer flights?

 

[Lynda2475]

The cleaners do not always seem to check if the mags onboard have had the puzzles already done or not. So I will quite often just tear the 3 pages of crossword/sudoku out of a mag in the lounge (there are always heaps there) and pop them in my bag incase of IFE or device failure.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

So I will quite often just tear the 3 pages of crossword/sudoku out of a mag in the lounge

Of course you always ask Lounge Staff if this is ok? Or if you can take complete magazine with you?

 

[Lynda2475]

Of course you always ask Lounge Staff if this is ok? Or if you can take complete magazine with you?

I take the complete magazine (they are free to anyone who has lounge access), tear out the pages I want and dispose of the rest of the mag in the nearest recycling bin.

No need to ask lounge staff when there are hundreds of the magazine there for the taking.

 

[kgreenuq]

I quite like the QF physical version, but I lament the loss the the section that used to list all Qantas's airplane types and their stats (range, speed, no. of pax etc). With new aircraft entering the fleet, I'd love to see that section return. Jetstar used to have an interesting mag, too, and focused on destinations Qantas didn't serve -- but I haven noticed it on board for some time.

 

[Fantic125]

Vietnam Airlines still has them.

There wasn't one on my flight HAN-DEL

I take the complete magazine (they are free to anyone who has lounge access), tear out the pages I want and dispose of the rest of the mag in the nearest recycling bin.

No need to ask lounge staff when there are hundreds of the magazine there for the taking.

I like to remove the answers page from each magazine, so they never have any closure.

Post automatically merged: Feb 2, 2024

I like to remove the answers page from each magazine, so they never have any closure.

 

[dylarr]

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[henrus]

$68/10870 points for 12 months inc. postage.

I can't believe it's $28 for the magazine and $40 for postage.

I wonder if I can call and get them to deliver for free?

 

[dajop]

While the mags are still profitable (ie. Advertising pays for the printing and content) they'll stay.

While distribution/printing costs would drop by going online/IFE I suspect advertising also drops.

A few articles also about the cost of carrying them. Not that it's that significant, on a narrowbody, with 250g magazine that's an extra 40kg. On a QF A380 it would be about 120kg.

 

[bullerdude]

I enjoy the physical copy to flick through on flights and get me off my device

 

[maia200]

KLM still have the hard copy

 

[LadyC]

I've always enjoyed the inflight magazines - usually because there are some interesting destination articles I can get some tips from.

 

[RooFlyer]

A few articles also about the cost of carrying them. Not that it's that significant, on a narrowbody, with 250g magazine that's an extra 40kg. On a QF A380 it would be about 120kg.

The bar benchtop on a QR A380 would be about the same. Much more useful.

 

[justinbrett]

Qantas offsets the weight of the magazines by use of the dreadful bamboo cutlery.

I'd rather metal cutlery and no magazine.

 

[Lynda2475]

Qantas offsets the weight of the magazines by use of the dreadful bamboo cutlery

Only in whY and that is if you get cutlery at all. Lots of pies and sandwiches of late with no cutlery at all. In J metal cutlery still provided.

Probably should have the mags on ofer at boarding like headsets and optional if you take one on board.

 

[justinbrett]

Only in whY and that is if you get cutlery at all. Lots of pies and sandwiches of late with no cutlery at all.

In J metal cutlery still provided.

Of course but most (or at least, many) full service airlines still use metal cutlery in Y on international routes.

 

[Lynda2475]

Suspect it's cheaper to dispose of bamboo, than carry and clean metal. They moved away from the reusable containers to paper boxes too.

I'm pretty sure the supply of mags has naught to do with ditching metal cutlery in whY.

 

[exceladdict]

We also take the whole magazine, if we want to complete the puzzles, so that the whole thing is hopefully replaced.

I quite like the QF physical version, but I lament the loss the the section that used to list all Qantas's airplane types and their stats (range, speed, no. of pax etc). With new aircraft entering the fleet, I'd love to see that section return. Jetstar used to have an interesting mag, too, and focused on destinations Qantas didn't serve -- but I haven noticed it on board for some time.

+1, this was my favourite section, I would spend hours looking at this and the route maps to think about where to go next

 

[GoldenTouchdown]

The cleaners do not always seem to check if the mags onboard have had the puzzles already done or not.

That's why they generally have a message to pax telling us to take the magazines away if we've enjoyed that section. You'd think most people who complete crosswords are active readers...

I take the complete magazine (they are free to anyone who has lounge access), tear out the pages I want and dispose of the rest of the mag in the nearest recycling bin.

No need to ask lounge staff when there are hundreds of the magazine there for the taking.

We also take the whole magazine, if we want to complete the puzzles, so that the whole thing is hopefully replaced.

Exactly what people should be doing. Trust me you are doing a favour for the lounge staff and cleaners - they hate restocking and binning tens of thousands of magazines each month onboard planes and in lounges, they're incredibly heavy put together in the masses!

I remember a long time ago seeing Lufthansa wanting to charge a petty fee to take away the inflight magazine, which I thought was a bit nickely and dimely