CBR-DOH flights foreshadowed

[Abdul_A350]

This one will come in handy:

Qatar Airlines announces flights to Canberra with its list of new 2017/18 destinations

 

[emirates777]

Qatar to Canberra

On the back of Singapore Airlines recent move. Qatar Airways has now announced Canberra in a list of new destinations they will be flying to sometime in 2017 or 2018.

Qatar Airlines announces flights to Canberra with its list of new 2017/18 destinations

No announcement has been made on what the routing is or when this service will commence. I expect it will be a B787/A350.

 

[NZflygirl]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Canberra?!:shock:

 

[Abdul_A350]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

I expect it will be a B787/A350.

My money is on the latter.

Abdul_A350

 

[Cool Cat Phil]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

A tag flight to another destination like ADL might work, otherwise can't see CBR sustaining the service by itself.

 

[docjames]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Cant imagine enough demand DOH-CBR direct, so there will presumably be an intermediate point (SIN, BNE, PER, ADL or more left field CGK?)

 

[Himeno]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Qatar is currently allowed 21 flights/week into Australia (SYD/MEL/PER/BNE). Those are all in use by QR.
However, they are also allowed another 7/week "provided such services operate via or beyond to a point in Australia other than Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth."

This could be a way to get service to BNE going, by going to/via a port like ADL, CNS or CBR.

 

[Abdul_A350]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Qatar is currently allowed 21 flights/week into Australia (SYD/MEL/PER/BNE). Those are all in use by QR.
However, they are also allowed another 7/week "provided such services operate via or beyond to a point in Australia other than Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth."

This could be a way to get service to BNE going, by going to/via a port like ADL, CNS or CBR.

Not sure how this relates to the current flights out of ADL?

 

[Flying mermaid]

Just saw this in the Canberra Times - great news!

 

[wanderer_au]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Maybe this is a copy of SQ to use CBR as a way to route through to WLG

 

[bismarck]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

I would be SHOCKED if this ever actually eventuates.

Qatar love announcing stuff like this and then never flying it.

 

[DavidFlynn]

In a press conference this arvo, Canberra Airport CEO Stephen Byron confirmed Qatar’s Canberra-Doha service will be “direct” (no Adelaide stopover) and tipped the flight will use "new generation aircraft, most likely the (Airbus) A350”. More at Qatar Airways plans Canberra flights - Australian Business Traveller.

 

[samh004]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Maybe this is a copy of SQ to use CBR as a way to route through to WLG

It's a great way of linking the capitals, and would be great for oneworld flyers travelling TT too.

 

[Himeno]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

The air services agreement would allow QR to operate a daily DOH-CBR-BNE flight on top of the current 21 weekly flights to PER/SYD/MEL (while the current agreement would not allow a direct DOH-BNE).

 

[samh004]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

The air services agreement would allow QR to operate a daily DOH-CBR-BNE flight on top of the current 21 weekly flights to PER/SYD/MEL (while the current agreement would not allow a direct DOH-BNE).

Can they sell CBR-BNE vv without an international leg?

 

[RoMambai]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

The sceptic in me says this has all the makings of a greek trajedy....

 

[williamsf1]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Can they sell CBR-BNE vv without an international leg?

Not as a stand alone flight ... ie you cold not just buy a QR ticket between CBR BNE without going to DOH . Similar to the UA service that was SYD MEL a while back

 

[NZflygirl]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

AFF will need to start a Qatar forum

Will be interesting to see if SQ drops it's prices when QR goes on sale because they're hard to beat when they do! I also like the idea of flying the same carrier the whole way through to Europe and QR has more destinations whereas SQ has less (excluding partner airlines although many pax aren't concerned with this).
I like Changi but it is big and so in some ways prefer the simplicity of HIA. I read the little shuttle in the airport is now functional!
I'm guessing QF won't be very generous when it comes to sc on this route.

Lucky CBR if it eventuates.

I hope PER gets the QR A350 as previously planned.

 

[dajop]

Re: Qatar to Canberra

Not as a stand alone flight ... ie you cold not just buy a QR ticket between CBR BNE without going to DOH . Similar to the UA service that was SYD MEL a while back

Exactly.

That's why you see trans tasman tag routes (MEL/BNE/SYD-AKL, CBR-WLG, MEL/SYD-CHC) rather than domestic. At various points in recent history, PR, AI & UA have operated domestic tags or triangle routes (on SYD-MEL) and CX (on ADL-MEL), but these have all disappeared now. From memory the only such flights still being operated by international carriers are CNS-BNE (CX) and CNS-OOL (Chinese carrier?)

 

[kitkatff]

QR to CBR

I didn't see this here, maybe wrong forum, but just in case:
Qatar Airways announces flights to Canberra with its list of new 2017-18 destinations

I expect in this forum people will just ignore it given the abysmal earn rate for QFF on QR On the other hand it could motivate some to switch FF program to QR instead of QF