Qantas and the future

[Henry Perfect]

Have heard that Qantas is changing much in the way of its alliance programme. I am Qantas FF and also Qantas Club Member and have joined China Eastern Programme. I live in china and fly Xi'an to HK and on to Australia (Adelaide). Will this be possible in July? Anyone can forecast?

 

[Mwenenzi]

Have you tried to book a on the Qantas web site?

QF are going to have some flights in conjunction with Emirates. Singapore will no longer be the stopover/refuel for Australia - UK fights. There are changes to Aust to Asia flights. Information is on the QF web site

 

[Awesom Andy]

I would have a look at CX/KA. CX has a non-stop flight to ADL - CX105. However, the return trip would go via MEL. I haven't checked the schedule though, so the transfer times may not suit.

 

[eastwest101]

Travelling between Xi'an and Adelaide - hmmm - if you value your time by doing it one stop only - that means stopping either at Hong Kong or Singapore. The logical carriers to use in the future would be Singapore Airlines Xi'an-Singapore-Adelaide or maybe Cathay Pacific Xi'an-Hong Kong-Adelaide, depending on connection times that suit you.

There are of course many many other options with 2,3, or even 4 stops if you prefer. such as through Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Tapei etc etc

But assuming you fly CX (Cathay Pacific) it would make sense to join CX's loyalty scheme Asia Miles or maybe credit the CX flights to your existing Qantas freq flyer or
if flying SQ (Singapore Airlines) it would make sense to joining SQ's loyalty scheme Kris Flyer or join Virgin Australia Velocity frequent flyer.

It seems that either way - if you are travelling in and out of Adelaide then Qantas is not interested in your business it seems.

 

[Awesom Andy]

Singapore Airlines Xi'an-Singapore-Adelaide

Didn't think they have that route? Xi'an doesn't appear on their online booking engine either.

 

[eastwest101]

Didn't think they have that route? Xi'an doesn't appear on their online booking engine either.

Oh my apologies to the OP - I know that SQ fly to Xi'an but it may be seasonal or appearing as something else in the SQ booking engine, or it could be an omission in the SQ booking engine. The codes are (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) so they may be worth a try?

 

[dajop]

Oh my apologies to the OP - I know that SQ fly to Xi'an but it may be seasonal or appearing as something else in the SQ booking engine, or it could be an omission in the SQ booking engine. The codes are (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY) so they may be worth a try?

No non-stop flights on any carrier from SIN to XIY, a single coded flight is available via Kunming on MU though. SQ most definitely do not fly to Xi'an (any more?) and if they did it would be via codeshare on Silkair, given that SQ only fly to Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing, but Silkair fly to many more cities in China.

 

[moa999]

MU (China Eastern) is also a Qantas partner (albeit not part of oneworld) and is a key partner...
OP could fly MU to Shanghai, then QF/MU from there...

I don't see the QF partnership with MU changing as a result of the EK deal.

 

[TheEmu]

MU (China Eastern) is also a Qantas partner (albeit not part of oneworld) and is a key partner...
OP could fly MU to Shanghai, then QF/MU from there...

MU also doing NKG-SYD direct now.