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Old 27th May 2002, 06:51   #1 (permalink)
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Qantas operates more flights to Europe and Asia

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Qantas operates more flights to Europe and Asia
Brisbane
, 27 May 2002 :

Qantas today announced capacity increases on its Singapore and Europe routes as part of its new northern winter schedules.

Qantas Executive General Manager Sales and Marketing John Borghetti said the new schedules included:

* Three additional Boeing 747 return services from Australia to London via Singapore from 7 December, bringing the total number of return services Qantas operates on the route to 21 each week;

* Five new Boeing 767-300 return Sydney-Singapore services each week;

* Five new Boeing 767-300 return services each week between Singapore and Melbourne, connecting in Singapore with Qantas services from London, Paris and Rome;

* Three new return services each week from Perth to Rome via Singapore to be operated by newly reconfigured two-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft;

* Three new return services each week between Perth and Paris via Singapore, to be operated with newly reconfigured two-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft;

* An upgrade of aircraft on return Singapore-Brisbane services from Boeing 767s to Boeing 747-300s, providing 435 additional seats each week on the route;

* An upgrade from Boeing 767 to Boeing 747-400 aircraft on seven Perth-Singapore return services, providing an extra 1421 seats each week.

Mr Borghetti said Qantas would continue to monitor international routes.

"We are well placed to put more capacity into the market as international demand continues to grow," he said.


Issued by Qantas Public Affairs (2711)
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Old 27th May 2002, 07:54   #2 (permalink)
 
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Brilliant news for hold filers.
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Old 27th May 2002, 17:42   #3 (permalink)
 
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Canada?

Can anyone advise as to when and if QF will resurrect the Sydney - Vancouver service. You throw a VB twist top in the air at Whistler or Banff and it'll land on an Aussie head (they stock VB in those places because of the high number of Aussies there).

Air Canada does Vancouver - Sydney and also services Melbourne. The flights are expensive and the service crap (no "one world" competition).

Currently you have to fly to LA have a 6 - 8 hour stop and catch Air Alaska to Vancouver.

Any plans to resurrect the service??
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Old 28th May 2002, 01:50   #4 (permalink)
 
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TCF

My crystal ball says that in a couple of years time, Australian Airlines (not mainline QF) will operate Sydney to Vancouver non-stop using either Airbus A340-500's or B777-200LR's. This of course will be after AUZ open their "southern base". Stay tuned for other destinations such as Athens (non-stop). QF has non type specific options with Airbus which could be converted to A340-500's.
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Old 29th May 2002, 01:44   #5 (permalink)
 
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Can anyone inform us on wether or not this will increase QF's employment rate ... or has this already been taken into account??

The "Active Consideration" list of names seems to be taking a long time to get through !
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Old 29th May 2002, 05:44   #6 (permalink)
 
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Anyone ???
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Old 29th May 2002, 09:06   #7 (permalink)
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Think it's been taken into account but it's been a while since I've done 'the numbers'!
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Old 29th May 2002, 12:35   #8 (permalink)
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Australian Airlines "southern base" any more news on that? Melb or Syd?

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Old 29th May 2002, 12:47   #9 (permalink)
 
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I would think that the Southern base would be Melb more than Syd mainly due to the already busy tenancy at Sydney and seeing that the Ansett base in Melb might be now free??? Just a semi wild guess. Syd makes more sense distance and domestic on-travel sense though.

Also wondering what Australian's ICAO code is?? Is it AUZ?
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Old 29th May 2002, 13:55   #10 (permalink)
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Australian is AUZ

The southern base wont be decided till next year sometime.

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Old 30th May 2002, 03:04   #11 (permalink)
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SIN/DRW

When is QF going to increase SIN/DRW frequency?! The current 3 day a week service is booked out 6 months ahead with UN J class now flying DIL/DPS on MZ and other business punters, oil & gas etc now backtracking over SYD. Surely network benefit is there for a return to daily.

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