Middle East Airspace Diversions/Cancellations

[dajop]

Can be achieved via:
BA SYD-SIN-LHR then onto elsewhere
SQ Oz - SIN - Europe
KE/OZ Oz - ICN - Europe
CX Oz - HKG - Europe
QF SYD/PER - SIN - LHR then onto elsewhere

And that doesn't cover other carriers like Lufthansa, Air France etc who go into Asia.

Unnecessary routing and too long imo if you go via EZE.

Good luck getting seats though! Can’t speak for HKG or ICN but seats are spars ex-SIN. I haven’t looked today but yesterday I could only see availability of 12 seats on ExpertFlyer SIN-LHR/LGW for the next two weeks. SQ was similarly tight to FRa, CDg and ZRH but I did see a few LH flights with 3-4 seats available.

 

[Himeno]

There are so many other ways to achieve that without that ridiculous routing.

People did routing like that to get out of Europe when the Iceland volcano was causing airspace issues. Land to MAD, IB/QF to SYD via SCL.

 

[dajop]

The most direct route going in the wrong direction is via YVR on QF/BA. Leave SYD at 8:30pm arrive LHR 2:30pm. Not so bad. The other direction is not so good though.

 

[Disco]

How about JNB to LND or somewhere else in Europe. SA fly into a couple of places.

 

[Disco]

How about JNB to LHR or somewhere else in Europe. SA fly into a couple of places.

 

[LionKing]

How about JNB to LND or somewhere else in Europe. SA fly into a couple of places.

I have security reservations and concerns on transiting in South Africa.

 

[AuSammy]

I have security reservations and concerns on transiting in South Africa.

2011 spent 6weeks on various tours with local guides wandering South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini. Never felt unsafe for a second.

[Edit: except for the obviously drunk taxi driver in Capetown- a wild ride - hotel to restaurant]

 

[SCM]

(b) same issue with chat… there’s apparently a countdown timer that starts at 10 or 20 minutes, works it’s way down to 5 minutes, then resets to 20. Solution: if you don’t get connected with a chat agent immediately, disconnect and reconnect. Continue doing this until an agent answers your chat (almost immediately). You might need to do this 50 times in rapid succession.

I can't even get to any countdown in queue, I have been trying for days, I've never seen anything other than "our live chat is experiencing a high volume of enquiries".

I guess I will keep trying until Monday, and if I still can't get in touch then, I will book something myself. According to EU261 if the airline is uncontactable, its fine to do this, and in fact even one day is enough to satisfy the criteria, but I will wait until the day of my flight just in case.

 

[JessicaTam]

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Once again it seems posters need reminding to keep to the topic of the thread. Any off topic content will result in the whole post being deleted.
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[Drakecula]

I haven't been following news since we're now on holiday and not at risk of ME complications (at this point in time) due to Plan B now Plan A of going via HKG.

From our experience Cathay was fine traveling from SYD to LHR via HKG. I was expecting potential delays given I assumed more people would be going via Asia, but no issues.

So can recommend HKG as a transit point to get to Europe. I'll report back when we return.

 

[kpc]

I haven't been following news since we're now on holiday and not at risk of ME complications (at this point in time) due to Plan B now Plan A of going via HKG.

From our experience Cathay was fine traveling from SYD to LHR via HKG. I was expecting potential delays given I assumed more people would be going via Asia, but no issues.

So can recommend HKG as a transit point to get to Europe. I'll report back when we return.

As a Qf Plat, I love going to Europe via Hkg! Looking at you Cx Pier F