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Australians will soon need a travel permit to visit Thailand
Sep 03, 2024, 03:34 PMPossibly the commencement of a scheme to ensure those who travel to Thailand and cause problems with their bogan behavior, or who travel there for "sex tourism," can be, once identified, blocked from ever returning. With badly behaving tourists being an issue in many countries, the da...
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Australians to get payment for delayed, cancelled flights
Aug 26, 2024, 10:12 AMIf you are so large you cannot fit into a standard seat without overflowing into your neighbours space, you should be required to purchase two seats, or pay for a business class ticket. If you're not prepared to do that, then don't fly, the person sitting next to you has also paid for their...
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This economy seat converts into a lie-flat double bed
Aug 06, 2024, 10:30 AMThat occupies at least as much space as three normal rows of seats, so I would expect the ticket price to be at least 150% of the normal economy fare. Given most people who fly economy do so because they can't afford to go premium or business class, resistance to paying the extra will be signific...
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Qantas eyes flights to Athens, Seattle, Chicago, Las Vegas
Jul 19, 2024, 12:33 PMIt would be nice if Qantas started one of these flights from Melbourne with the 787 or A350. Assuming aircraft useage made it possible, in the case of an additional European destination, whether that be Frankfurt or Athens, if the flight from Melbourne coincided timewise in Perth with the flight ...
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Qantas says it won’t let dogs, cats fly in the cabin
Mar 08, 2024, 04:05 PMNothing like coming up with a really dumb idea that is guaranteed to more than annoy a high proportion of your customers, then leave the poor sucker who is taking over from you as CEO to clean up the mess, literally, you have just created. Talk about handing over the poison chalice.I just h...
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Anyone dare to explain?
Aug 05, 2024, 04:43 PMQantas hates Melbourne is pretty much on the money. Their entire operation is Sydney centric, I've not seen a disparity at quite that level before, but it does seem pretty consistent that international fares out of Melbourne will be more expensive, and the timetabling will probably be less conve...
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Wide body Aircraft BNE-PER
Oct 01, 2021, 12:36 PMOriginally Posted by tommygun Fly into PER from JNB, non-stop. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end... (apologies to ABBA).Anyway, I'm afraid single-aisle is the future for PER with developments of the a321 and B737MAX. The question is, will QF and VA improve Business on the...