Should Qantas follow BA and move to 'buy on board' meals in economy on short flights?
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MKS11
MKS11
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 05 Oct 2016
Total posts 72
Exactly - short haul = 1-1/2 hours maybe...
krisdude
krisdude
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
Member since 21 Jan 2016
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NZ considers international short haul up to 5 hours.
krisdude
krisdude
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
Member since 21 Jan 2016
Total posts 28
Exactly - short haul = 1-1/2 hours maybe...
NZ considers international short haul up to 5 hours.
sgb
sgb
Emirates Airlines - Skywards
Member since 30 Nov 2015
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Only if we had M&S Food Halls in Australia, selling high quality, good value cold sandwiches and ready meals. There are presently no retailers in Australia with similar offerings. The sandwiches at Coles and Woolies are overpriced and substandard.
Oh but they are about to open David Jones stand alone food stores again in Sydney and Melbourne, (remember Foodchain), DJ's sinking 100M in next three years, in relationship with Neil Perry. They should do a good sandwich for $10.00.
Consistent and non flashy sounds pedestrian, I've been in those M&S stores, nothing to write home about. Australia's DJ's are about as good as it gets here, owned by Woolworth South Africa I don't see it anywhere near Selfridges elite level owned by the Weston family of Canada.
krisdude
krisdude
Air New Zealand - Airpoints
Member since 21 Jan 2016
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The 'Fare/Seat to Suit' model actually saves NZ money.
Domestic flights within Australia 45 minutes to 2 hours offer tea/coffee/water and light snack.
Yeah and NZ internal flights are generally a lot more expensive than internal AU flights, sometimes at least double...
The reason NZ domestic fares are expensive, New Zealand population is 4.7 million compared to Australia's population of 24 millon.
TheRealBabushka
TheRealBabushka
Member since 21 Apr 2012
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Only if we had M&S Food Halls in Australia, selling high quality, good value cold sandwiches and ready meals. There are presently no retailers in Australia with similar offerings. The sandwiches at Coles and Woolies are overpriced and substandard.
Oh but they are about to open David Jones stand alone food stores again in Sydney and Melbourne, (remember Foodchain), DJ's sinking 100M in next three years, in relationship with Neil Perry. They should do a good sandwich for $10.00.
Consistent and non flashy sounds pedestrian, I've been in those M&S stores, nothing to write home about. Australia's DJ's are about as good as it gets here, owned by Woolworth South Africa I don't see it anywhere near Selfridges elite level owned by the Weston family of Canada.
lorks
lorks
Member since 08 Apr 2011
Total posts 7
Exactly - short haul = 1-1/2 hours maybe...
GLAaussie
GLAaussie
British Airways Executive Club Gold
Member since 25 Jun 2015
Total posts 1
It's all dependent on the sandwich supplier, not the retailer. Here in the UK the company that produces sandwiches for M&S is the same company that supplies Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's and ASDA with their sandwiches. I've had sandwiches from all of them and they are all perfectly fine.
AJW
AJW
Member since 16 Nov 2011
Total posts 55
I don't really see the point of the question. What BA does is irrelevant. Totally different market, totally different operating positions. I meant to say BA doesn't even have a real business class on it's short haul these days, yet look what we have, fully flat beds on 5 hour domestic flights! Any BA is like most (not all of course) European short haul carriers who are their oppoisiton if you will. Plus of course they have competition from a heap of LCC's that, despite the Jetstars and Tigers of this world are just not seen in this part of the world.
So horse for courses.
rowwdy
rowwdy
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 21 Mar 2013
Total posts 11
I thought the SAS model with their Plus Fares worked well. Meal, lounge access, cancellation, priority baggage, security fast-track, and seat selection all included in their higher fare. I guess this enables them to also offer a no-frills ticket to still compete with Norwegian, without setting up a LCC. Probably no need for Aussie airlines to do this while they have their budget offshoots.