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What makes a great hotel room for business travellers?
Aug 19, 2024, 08:00 PMAgree with all comments on hotel rooms, my pet hate is lighting systems so smart it takes you 2o mins to figure out how to turn them all off but for me apart from room facilities a good business hotel also has good work areas in the lobby where you can get out of the room and work, meet a colleag...
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Qantas cuts A380 flights, trims New York schedule
Feb 08, 2024, 10:04 PMSadly some of this is the Alan Joyce legacy, fleet is the issue but surely there must be some used (2nd hand) A330’s in the market they can buy, Delta as an example have been magnificent in buying used aircraft, refitting them and flying them very successfully. The masses largely don’...
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What’s next for Qantas in the post-Alan Joyce era?
Sep 05, 2023, 08:29 PMAgree with most comments above, adding below 1. Food & beverage a definite easy fix, Neil Perry needs to go2. Lounge improvements, especially SYD & MEL domestic3. Achievable lifetime platinum, should be around 30,0004. Wifi internationally 5. Gold or Platinum, P1 etc free of cha...
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Airbus A320neo vs Boeing 737 MAX as Qantas renews domestic jet fleet
Oct 05, 2021, 08:40 PMWith Sunrise already A350 and A321XLR currently on order plus existing A380/A330 fleet, hard to see QF replacing 737’s with anything other than MAX. Not sure it’s a great idea being broadly single sourced to Airbus across the fleet except for a dozen 787’s, Joyce will dangle the...
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Here’s when, and how, Qantas expects overseas flights to return
Aug 27, 2021, 01:57 PMYes but state premiers have benefit of time, VIC not till Nov 2022 and NSW Mar 2023, ScoMo will win or lose on NSW and VIC voters, IMO he’ll open up otherwise he’s already cooked and done - and if he opens up and by end March wins and it’s all gone sideways he’ll shut it a...
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International flights into Melbourne
Jul 16, 2020, 06:52 AMIs there anyone here with any inside knowledge on potential restart of flights into Melbourne? I have flights booked for August and trying to determine do I hold out a bit longer or change the ticket now into Sydney.Kinda hoping they may restart say August 1st or something.
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Normally a resident of a country other than Australia
May 30, 2020, 11:29 AMNot aware of a clear definition but I would assume it relates to “Permanent Residency” in a country other than Australia. I am Australian citizen and flew out of Sydney about 6 weeks ago to the US where I am Green Card Permanent Resident, even just showing the Green Card alone wasn't completely e...
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The future of Qantas after coronavirus
Mar 28, 2020, 09:18 PMPeople put a lot of crap on AJ but I think Qantas was in good shape going into this and will come out in good shape. Certainly would be crazy if they're not using this opportunity to “fine tune” the business and people. I think this will fastrack decline of the A380's and speed up more 787 and A3...
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How to fly to India with Qantas/Emirates
Jul 03, 2019, 12:36 PMI just booked to Mumbai via Cathay Pacific (HKG) but not really any easy option with QF, other option that was quite reasonably priced was but longer was with Qatar Airways via Doha.
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Could QF become an all Boeing fleet?
Jun 05, 2019, 12:01 PMClearly from recent news of new routes QF must be getting great returns on the 787, talk of A380’s shuffling to SIN, HK and HND seem to suggest they are trying to get better utilisation/return from them (aka they are too big). The big questions are the Sunrise long haul replacement, what ha...