AH, Thinking of someone else. May have been the previous NJS COO/CEO? from a few months back?

Rumour (yes it is a rumour network) was that he "retired" the day his appointment was announced. Just what I've heard.

Ah yes, that would have been Chris Hine. CM took over late December and was gone by early March.

REX making a habit of picking up former major (or minor) VA partners for their 'interlines'. DL and now EY.

I wonder if Hainan (HU) will be the next carrier to follow DL and EY to REX for secondary Australia-China interlines considering their route network is from secondary Chinese cities.

https://www.rex.com.au/BlobViewer/Bl...63694453513D3D

Etihad still have their partnership relationship with VA; that arrangement is at least one rung up the ladder in terms of commercial significance compared to a simple interline agreement.

Largely a one-way codeshare with EY code-sharing on VA domestic services though, the other way VA had largely replaced EY with QR codeshares via DOH going outbound. Demoting EY to a "minor" partner of VA, which is barely above interline but below the "major partner" tier of Velocity.

I don't know if I'd call EY a "minor" Velocity partner; I'm pretty sure that the EY points arrangement with Velocity is a bit better than the QR deal.

In any event, how does that EY-VA relationship compare to the EY-ZL interline arrangement? How much EY traffic do you think Rex are going to pick up?

One would think very little

I think what it shows is EY hedging it's bets, they see ZL getting to a level they can sustain some on-carriage if it continues. There's nothing solid in the Australian domestic market apart from QF group. Everyone else is about who will survive in the long run. The vibes coming out of VA are not rosy, but we have little idea of the reality due to the books being private and not knowing Bains end game. ZL we have more an idea, which is not rosy either, but there's still the unknown of how far PAG will go there. Might as well get some agreements lodged with both so if either goes under they have the other to feed off.

Did he refuse to sign up to the company Telegram or something? :cool:

Do we see coincidence, or a pattern?

Hard to say, certainly not good optics for the remaining staff - the announcement was sent out on a Saturday evening!

This is brilliant!

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/advo...mummys-lungry/

The description of the "lounge" is pretty much bang on.

Another sample of one….
BNE-SYD 25th March.

QF chocker on 7 of the last 8 afternoon/evening flights. Business and economy oversold on a couple of flights - it's rare for that to be displayed on the staff travel website.

Booked the 5:00pm Rex for $169 at 3:00pm - $106 more than the one-way QF Staff seat so a very reasonable fare at short notice. Virgin was "from" $195 for a later flight.
Rex Business had 4 vacant seats and about two thirds (2/3) full in economy.
Service was fine although even though in row 4, I was 'reminded' that the forward toilet is for Business Class but female pax around me were welcomed to use the front loo when they ventured past the cabin divider later in the flight. I had no problem with that and found it somewhat amusing. Maybe experience suggests that economy blokes make more of a mess of the Business dunny! :)

I was offered an exit row seat just prior to boarding for the second time on a Rex flight. On this occasion I was happy in row 4 but it seems Rex pax aren't really prepared to pay for that honour…..well on both of my journeys with them.

A fun day out for those looking to get an early start to their Easter hols on the Golden Coast!

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....5ef607dd21.jpg

The wacky way we measure OTP performance in Australia means this is assessed exactly the same way as a plane that leaves the gate 20 minutes late but manages to arrive pretty much on schedule.

I was thinking pretty much the same; this one, and the return to MEL which was also delayed by 10 hours, get chalked up the same way as a flight that arrives 15 minutes late. In a similar vein, the cancellation of a once-a-day service, where pax are displaced by 24 hours, is indistinguishable from a cancellation where all pax are rebooked within a few hours.

Like QF/JQ and VA haven't had similar delays....
Then why the delay, ATC, weather, tech ....
Are turnback's counted as delays or cancelations, if cancelations, what is the delay for each passenger as they get shunted onto later flights, often next day
If 50 pax on a flight from SYD-MEL that is cancelled by QF/JQ or VA are bumped over to fill empty seats on the next 3 flights, this should count as 1 cancelation + 3 delayed

Just sayin

No. That would be one cancellation. The others are not delayed.
A cancellation for Bonza is a return of airfare cost. A cancellation for QF is typically a three hour delay (but you get to your destination).
This also skewed against larger carriers.

Just saying

Utter nonsense.