Qantas/Flightline MAN/LHR vv any pax??
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Qantas/Flightline MAN/LHR vv any pax??
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Are Qantas/Flightline Manchester/Heathrow flights carrying revenue pax on board these Bae146 flights?
I suspect it is a slot protection device similar to the BMA EMA/LHR
opp. many years ago, using a SHorts360...
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Are Qantas/Flightline Manchester/Heathrow flights carrying revenue pax on board these Bae146 flights?
I suspect it is a slot protection device similar to the BMA EMA/LHR
opp. many years ago, using a SHorts360...
Thanks for any replies
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Yep! I believe so. The first flight takes pax from early morning QF arrivals up north and the return flight pax to catch the 2 midday departures to WSSS and VHHH. Don't know loads etc...
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Not sure if there is a code share on this, but BA and other
One World partners (including QF) code share throughout
the day via the regular BA shuttle....
..Bizarre state of affairs!
One World partners (including QF) code share throughout
the day via the regular BA shuttle....
..Bizarre state of affairs!
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I flew on QF1 from SYD-LHR last month, then caught the BA shuttle to MAN. The Qantas 146-operated connecting flight wasn't offered to me at the time of booking the flights (November). I have heard that the loads are shocking (empty, 1 or 2 passengers,) with almost all connecting passengers being put onto the BA shuttle.
Interestingly, if you look at the route map in the Qantas inflight magazine, it shows them serving Manchester directly - their other UK destinations show up with a different coloured line, which, when you look at the key on the map, says something like "Operated by British Airways".
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Interestingly, if you look at the route map in the Qantas inflight magazine, it shows them serving Manchester directly - their other UK destinations show up with a different coloured line, which, when you look at the key on the map, says something like "Operated by British Airways".
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Going right back to the start of this thread, it looks very much as though the QF LHR/MAN operation is little more than a slot retention exercise.
At the same time, for no apparent gain it is needlessly chucking CO2 into the atmosphere. Still Australia never did have much truck with the Kyoto Agreement, perhaps from this we can learn something of the Aussie mentality towards the planet and it's future??
Head down, boomerang incoming.......
At the same time, for no apparent gain it is needlessly chucking CO2 into the atmosphere. Still Australia never did have much truck with the Kyoto Agreement, perhaps from this we can learn something of the Aussie mentality towards the planet and it's future??
Head down, boomerang incoming.......
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bar none: Qantas know exactly what they are doing. It is a slot protection exercise and any passengers at all are a bonus.
VS is even asking BA, of all airlines, to slot-sit for them now.
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really!?
I knew this went on but didnt know that it was so frivolous. surely an airline watching the pennies would try and make some money out of slot-sitting. especially at an airport such as Heathrow.
If i was running the airline I would ensure those flights were sold as much as any other. Careless really. And damaging to the environment if it is of no benefit to the consumer.
I knew this went on but didnt know that it was so frivolous. surely an airline watching the pennies would try and make some money out of slot-sitting. especially at an airport such as Heathrow.
If i was running the airline I would ensure those flights were sold as much as any other. Careless really. And damaging to the environment if it is of no benefit to the consumer.
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Thanks to all for the confirmation of the slot keeping exercise!
It is a shame that the customer cannot benefit from a better
Terminal 4 connection that the Bae146 of Flightline might provide, instead the punter has to make do with a Terminal 1 (shuttle) connection and a bus trip
All the best
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It is a shame that the customer cannot benefit from a better
Terminal 4 connection that the Bae146 of Flightline might provide, instead the punter has to make do with a Terminal 1 (shuttle) connection and a bus trip
All the best
R23+1/2
