Qr To Sydney???
I have been with a handful of people from QR today on un-related business. They have reported the following to me.
Updates / corrections / confirmations from any source would of course be most welcome:-
1) QR is planning to introduce services to Australia at the end of this year, as an extension of current services to KUL and CGK.
2) In order to undertake such routings which would not be desirable on the A300, QR may wet lease in additional A330 capacity. It is rumored that Aer Lingus will be the nominated supplier.
3) Is it true that during certain weather conditions, the A300 cannot fly directly from DOH to CMN (hence recent needs for tech stops at Tunis-Carthage)? If this is the case, and since the flights to Milan and ALL flights to LHR are now supposed to operate on the A330, how can QR handle this business with only two of the type? Its impossible.
4) Some of the LHR services may be downgraded to A300 service;
5) QR are in talks to start flying to TIP, TUN and possibly Algiers;
6) QR are considering weekly rotations to Glasgow and Birmingham (UK), where there is currently limited capacity for large Asian communities travelling to Pakistan and India, without needing to stop twice in transit (situation worse from GLA than from BHX which is now served by EK and PIA.)
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I would welcome any feedback on these issues.