Qantas launches new Adelaide route

[jakeseven7]

Qantas is set to launch Adelaide - Mildura flights using Dash-8 Q300 aircraft.

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[dajop]

Really going after Rex it seems. I guess at the moment regional flying is probably the least unprofitable of all the types of routes there are.

 

[jakeseven7]

Really going after Rex it seems. I guess at the moment regional flying is probably the least unprofitable of all the types of routes there are.

I think Bain/VA2 would love to be doing the same if they hadn’t junked all their smaller aircraft.

So Mildura will have ADL, MEL and SYD flights then with QFLink..... becoming a major hub!!

 

[Bundy Bear]

Whether you will be able to fly MeL-ADL via Mildura using Qantas points for a scenic route

 

[henrus]

Whether you will be able to fly MeL-ADL via Mildura using Qantas points for a scenic route

Obviously possible but not sure why someone would. The direct 737 flights offer a much better experience.

Likewise, Qantas is operating three times over the next month Darwin-Sydney with 787's. These aircraft have just come in from overseas after reparation flights. Currently, there is no IFE on the 787's but there is Wifi on the 737's so I'd argue the 737's offer a better experience than a 787 but this hasn't stopped people from booking them on purpose.

 

[jakeseven7]

Whether you will be able to fly MeL-ADL via Mildura using Qantas points for a scenic route

That sounds like fun to me

 

[dajop]

Obviously possible but not sure why someone would. The direct 737 flights offer a much better experience.

Depends on the experience you are after! I'd argue that the direct 737 is a boring flight you'd be cramped into with little legroom and view limited by being at 35,000 feet. A stock standard commute. But with time on your hands, a Dash 8 window seat would probably give a great scenic flight (if not cloudy) with views of the meandering Murray (out one side of the plane).

 

[eastwest101]

A few things to consider there, as far as I remember Mildura Airport is technically in Victoria is it not? Not sure how the localised travel bubble on the border of SA/NSW and VIC all interact there.

Rex also claims that its Adelaide-Broken Hill services are uneconomic without triangulation via Mildura in different directions at different times of the day. Any depression in yield will also result in Rex ceasing their Adelaide to Mildura services and their Adelaide to Broken Hill services so Broken Hill could potentially lose everything except for its sole Rex Sydney-Dubbo-Broken Hill services (which it could also lose due to Rex having a fight on its hands with the Dubbo Airport and with Qantas increasing its services between Dubbo and Sydney). Pre Covid-19/state border restriction stupidity Broken Hill supported direct flights to Adelaide and Sydney.

 

[Carrots]

A few things to consider there, as far as I remember Mildura Airport is technically in Victoria is it not? Not sure how the localised travel bubble on the border of SA/NSW and VIC all interact there.

Rex also claims that its Adelaide-Broken Hill services are uneconomic without triangulation via Mildura in different directions at different times of the day. Any depression in yield will also result in Rex ceasing their Adelaide to Mildura services and their Adelaide to Broken Hill services so Broken Hill could potentially lose everything except for its sole Rex Sydney-Dubbo-Broken Hill services (which it could also lose due to Rex having a fight on its hands with the Dubbo Airport and with Qantas increasing its services between Dubbo and Sydney). Pre Covid-19/state border restriction stupidity Broken Hill supported direct flights to Adelaide and Sydney.

The next QF route announcement may well include a new kangaroo root to Adelaide from Sydney, via Broken Hill and Dubbo.

Another scenic route for @Bundy Bear . ADL- SYD via the Hill and Dubbo would also be quite scenic at the right times of the year.

 

[TheInsider]

A few things to consider there, as far as I remember Mildura Airport is technically in Victoria is it not? Not sure how the localised travel bubble on the border of SA/NSW and VIC all interact there.

As of the 8th November, Metro Melb and Regional Vic will all be on the same level of 'restrictions' and no longer separated from each other.

It's now simply up to the other states to allow Victorians to travel there.

 

[jakeseven7]

As of the 8th November, Metro Melb and Regional Vic will all be on the same level of 'restrictions' and no longer separated from each other.

It's now simply up to the other states to allow Victorians to travel there.

Which is imminent judging from all the flurry of announcements today...

So Mildura will have a mix of Q400 and Q300's flying in and out then right?

 

[kookaburra75]

Whether you will be able to fly MeL-ADL via Mildura using Qantas points for a scenic route

And if you're a Ponts Club member you get 7 SCs per segment for a Reward flights (28 pts return), which is better than paying for a MEL-ADL return at only 20 SCs.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Depends on the experience you are after! I'd argue that the direct 737 is a boring flight you'd be cramped into with little legroom and view limited by being at 35,000 feet. A stock standard commute. But with time on your hands, a Dash 8 window seat would probably give a great scenic flight (if not cloudy) with views of the meandering Murray (out one side of the plane).

Having done CBR - SYD on their (QFlink) Dash8 have to agree they are better on short routes.
They also fly lower over the ground, and a bit slower, so you do get a chance to see the landscape.
Edit: could it also be that Rex is starting their own FF program next year, and QF "wants it all" so to speak.