Qantas does Vegas direct

[jase05]

Me either, Vietnam is now one of the most affordable places to travel and rising in popularity with Aussies but if you want to get there on a full service one world airline you need to go via HKG with CX.

Getting off topic but I stink think Vietnam is very budget orientated and I just can’t see too many wanting to pay what QF would charge.
We fly with VN and love their service and flights are comfortable

 

[Aeryn]

MH via KUL?

Possibly but yet to be offered that routing in any CR searches, but given the choice I would still take CX over MH. Whenever i look i see CX or JQ routing. Im not interested in JQ they don't have a proper J cabin.

Getting off topic but I stink think Vietnam is very budget orientated and I just can’t see too many wanting to pay what QF would charge.

Self fulfilling prophecy, only offer LCC direct from Aus and you attract that crowd. Vietnam is on my list but I have no interest in slumming it, so have to factor in an extra day or 2 to go via HKG.

 

[jase05]

Self fulfilling prophecy, only offer LCC direct from Aus and you attract that crowd. Vietnam is on my list but I have no interest in slumming it, so have to factor in an extra day or 2 to go via HKG.

Going again later this year and QF J awards MEL-CGK which are plentiful and then CGK-SGN-MEL paid J fare on VN is often around $1100. Have used the VN fares ex CGK several times now and good flights at a good price

 

[RooFlyer]

Seasonal services between Sydney and Las Vegas announced and to commence 29th Dec for approx 3 months

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/m...er-direct-flights-from-australia-to-las-vegas

Well, I guess I'm eating my hat

Well done on making that post. Where are the others? 'Lock the thread' ... 'fake news'. Delicious.

 

[levelnine]

More than the zero NRL fans arriving in January

It’s not a single event. Literally what the PR says.

It's definitely the combination of the 300 people flying to Las Vegas for NYE, the 470 attendees to CES and 20,000 NRL fans.

Which is the actual factor? We'll never know lol

 

[justinbrett]

It's definitely the combination of the 300 people flying to Las Vegas for NYE, the 470 attendees to CES and 20,000 NRL fans.

Which is the actual factor? We'll never know lol

20,000 fans in the last week of Feb / early March. Most of which will fly on other routes or airlines like they have the last three years. They’ll likely have to add extra flights for the week of the game as at most 2-3 flights worth will be accommodated with this schedule.

Again, they don’t launch seasonal routes for a single weekend. For whatever reason QF believes there is sustained demand for the proposed duration. I am surprised they think this but I know the NRL isn’t going to be the thing that makes it viable.

 

[dajop]

It’s combination of a variety of events including CES, New Years Eve, the peak Australian Christmas holiday period, the US winter escape period, and of course ending with the NRL.

Almost certainly these two factors moreso than anything else. I would have thought it's not that hard to understand?

A seasonal flight at a time of the year when US carriers have multiple seasonal flights to Australia, it's not hard to comprehend QF doing one as well.

 

[ANstar]

So what gets cut back to offer this - They mentioned that it will be a move around f exisitng US capacity so no new net seats just moving from either LAX or sFO/DFW etc.