Will AO crew become JQ Int. or QF Mainline Crew
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annoucement...
So you will be getting an annoucement in the next 2 weeks? Fingers crossed and good luck to all you AO crew. You guys have had it hard not knowing where it's all heading, will be good to see something finally happening.
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Announcements re AO
Hi All,
Getting antsy too! So I spoke to Senior Official at FAAA wanting confirmation that AO/QF were in negotiations with FAAA about forthcoming conditions (had heard that they were from colleagues).
Sr Off said nothing regarding that was taking place.
They were under the impression that QF still hadn't made a decision.
Just thought I'd add it to the pile.
Love it while it lasts,
Chic
Getting antsy too! So I spoke to Senior Official at FAAA wanting confirmation that AO/QF were in negotiations with FAAA about forthcoming conditions (had heard that they were from colleagues).
Sr Off said nothing regarding that was taking place.
They were under the impression that QF still hadn't made a decision.
Just thought I'd add it to the pile.
Love it while it lasts,
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5th a/c sitting at CNS airport for the past week. If things with premium Y class were really going ahead then surely that a/c would be down in SYD getting a refit instead of sitting on the tarmac.
Why on earth hasn't the CEO announced a new destination to use that spare a/c on ? Why not take a chance....it's all ending soon anyway.
I urge all crew to start having fun at work - take photos, poke fun, laugh out loud....no more school rules for us. We have played the game for long enough. Let's have fun as AO for our last few months ( in a safe way ).
I'm going to start if off by telling Higgins to get off the CM recliner and do some work!
Why on earth hasn't the CEO announced a new destination to use that spare a/c on ? Why not take a chance....it's all ending soon anyway.
I urge all crew to start having fun at work - take photos, poke fun, laugh out loud....no more school rules for us. We have played the game for long enough. Let's have fun as AO for our last few months ( in a safe way ).
I'm going to start if off by telling Higgins to get off the CM recliner and do some work!
????AO to fly to ADL
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AO to ADL?
I heard that ADL rumour more than 6 months ago. Was something like CNS-ADL (overnight) then ADL-DRW-SIN. Now J* is flying between CNS-ADL, personally I don't think it will go ahead.
I also heard recently if AO become QF CNS base, they will expand the base, more crew, more routes. Not sure what they meant.
I also heard recently if AO become QF CNS base, they will expand the base, more crew, more routes. Not sure what they meant.
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JQ Int
Hear JQ Int will start picking crew from domestic operations around July, after the major announcement in June. Not too long now.
I can't imagine AO expanding any further as JQ will be the new player. It sounds stupid to leave AO until you know what's happening, could be great offer at the nd of the tunnel, if not, then leave.
I can't imagine AO expanding any further as JQ will be the new player. It sounds stupid to leave AO until you know what's happening, could be great offer at the nd of the tunnel, if not, then leave.
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This might clear a few things up.... will no doubt be interesting.
MEDIA ALERT
QANTAS GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT
QANTAS, JETSTAR, AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES
INTERNATIONAL ROUTE NETWORK
Tuesday, 11 April 2006
9.30 am
Media are invited to attend a media conference with the Chief Executive Officer of
Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, and the Chief Executive of Jetstar, Mr Alan Joyce.
Media conference to commence at 9.30 am
Jetstar Head Office
Level 2, 473 Bourke Street, Melbourne
MEDIA ALERT
QANTAS GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT
QANTAS, JETSTAR, AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES
INTERNATIONAL ROUTE NETWORK
Tuesday, 11 April 2006
9.30 am
Media are invited to attend a media conference with the Chief Executive Officer of
Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, and the Chief Executive of Jetstar, Mr Alan Joyce.
Media conference to commence at 9.30 am
Jetstar Head Office
Level 2, 473 Bourke Street, Melbourne
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Will tomorrow put an end to the rumours once and for all????
*747-300's
*Germany
*Hawaii
*ADL?
Good luck guys/girls, lets hope you don't have to leave paradise too soon (cairns/not AO)...
*747-300's
*Germany
*Hawaii
*ADL?
Good luck guys/girls, lets hope you don't have to leave paradise too soon (cairns/not AO)...
http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,1...51-462,00.html
if true, this sounds like good news for the crew!!!
Best of luck to everyone up at AO!
if true, this sounds like good news for the crew!!!
Best of luck to everyone up at AO!
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Media Release on AO
Qantas Group International Networks Latest News
Melbourne, 11 April 2006
The Qantas Group today took a major step in its two-brand strategy, with the announcement of Jetstar's proposed international route network* from November 2006.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said as part of the strategy to focus on two strong brands - Qantas and Jetstar - the Australian Airlines brand would cease to exist from July 2006.
Mr Dixon said Australian Airlines staff would operate services under the Qantas brand. (This is called a wet lease operation in the aviation industry.)
"From a customer perspective, these flights will be like all other Qantas international services. They will have Qantas flight numbers, aircraft will be branded in Qantas livery and crew in Qantas uniforms will provide Qantas inflight product," he said.
"Australian Airlines has done an outstanding job over the past few years, but we are determined to take full advantage of Jetstar's success, with its highly competitive cost structure and service standards."
Mr Dixon said that Jetstar had created 1,300 new jobs since it commenced flying.
"A further 550 new positions will be created by mid 2007 for its international operations," he said.
"We are creating two distinct and viable flying businesses in what remains a very difficult operating environment of continuing record high fuel prices.
"Jetstar will be grown aggressively over the next three years while we continue to expand Qantas' international operations.
"The result will be two separate, competitive brands, with Qantas targeting premium business and leisure passengers and Jetstar concentrating primarily on leisure markets.
"This is a very positive development that will boost Australian tourism at the same time as enabling the Qantas Group to grow."
Mr Dixon said the changes announced today would see:
* Australian Airlines aircraft and crew continuing to operate from the Cairns base under the new arrangements;
* Cairns remain a major hub for Qantas international services, with 49 return flights per week;
* the establishment of new Japan routes for the Qantas Group, with Jetstar flying daily Sydney-Osaka and Osaka-Brisbane-Sydney services;
* Jetstar flying to new destinations for the Qantas Group in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) and Thailand (Phuket); and
* Group services to Honolulu increase to eight flights a week, with Jetstar offering three per week from Sydney and two per week from Melbourne in addition to Qantas' three weekly Sydney-Honolulu flights.
Mr Dixon said that from 1 July, around 40 Australian Airlines cabin crew positions would be lost progressively, with no compulsory redundancies expected.
"Around 370 Australian Airlines positions will remain in Cairns, in addition to Jetstar's own Cairns base, which is expected to grow," he said.
Mr Dixon said from July:
* Qantas' thrice-weekly Adelaide-Darwin-Singapore A330-300 services would operate non-stop between Adelaide and Singapore;
* the five services operated each week by Australian Airlines between Cairns and Singapore would be operated by Qantas via Darwin;
* Australian Airlines' four weekly Cairns-Gold Coast services would cease, with a new daily Qantas international flight linking Brisbane and Cairns to cater for the inbound tourism market, particularly from Japan; and
* Australian Airlines' current twice-weekly Cairns-Hong Kong and four weekly Cairns-Sydney services would cease.
Qantas will continue to provide:
* double daily flights between Cairns and Tokyo;
* daily flights between Cairns and each of the Japanese cities of Nagoya and Osaka;
* a daily international flight between Cairns and Sydney, to cater for the inbound tourism market, particularly from Japan; and
* a total of seven services per week to Bali from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with Sydney and Melbourne flights to progressively transition to Jetstar.
Mr Dixon said Jetstar's long-haul services would complement Qantas' international network and provide customers with low fare, direct flights between Australia and a range of emerging and established holiday destinations.
He said Jetstar's proposed route network included six destinations in Asia and the Pacific - Bangkok, Phuket, Osaka, Ho Chi Minh City, Bali and Honolulu - operated by two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
"The network will ultimately provide more services to Asia and the Pacific before expanding with second stage flying to Europe and other destinations.
"The Jetstar fleet will transition to the 311-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft - part of Qantas' $20 billion fleet reinvestment program - from August 2008."
Customers affected by these changes will be contacted by Qantas or their travel agent.
* subject to regulatory approval.
Issued by Qantas Corporate Communication (Q3418)
Email: [email protected]
Melbourne, 11 April 2006
The Qantas Group today took a major step in its two-brand strategy, with the announcement of Jetstar's proposed international route network* from November 2006.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said as part of the strategy to focus on two strong brands - Qantas and Jetstar - the Australian Airlines brand would cease to exist from July 2006.
Mr Dixon said Australian Airlines staff would operate services under the Qantas brand. (This is called a wet lease operation in the aviation industry.)
"From a customer perspective, these flights will be like all other Qantas international services. They will have Qantas flight numbers, aircraft will be branded in Qantas livery and crew in Qantas uniforms will provide Qantas inflight product," he said.
"Australian Airlines has done an outstanding job over the past few years, but we are determined to take full advantage of Jetstar's success, with its highly competitive cost structure and service standards."
Mr Dixon said that Jetstar had created 1,300 new jobs since it commenced flying.
"A further 550 new positions will be created by mid 2007 for its international operations," he said.
"We are creating two distinct and viable flying businesses in what remains a very difficult operating environment of continuing record high fuel prices.
"Jetstar will be grown aggressively over the next three years while we continue to expand Qantas' international operations.
"The result will be two separate, competitive brands, with Qantas targeting premium business and leisure passengers and Jetstar concentrating primarily on leisure markets.
"This is a very positive development that will boost Australian tourism at the same time as enabling the Qantas Group to grow."
Mr Dixon said the changes announced today would see:
* Australian Airlines aircraft and crew continuing to operate from the Cairns base under the new arrangements;
* Cairns remain a major hub for Qantas international services, with 49 return flights per week;
* the establishment of new Japan routes for the Qantas Group, with Jetstar flying daily Sydney-Osaka and Osaka-Brisbane-Sydney services;
* Jetstar flying to new destinations for the Qantas Group in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) and Thailand (Phuket); and
* Group services to Honolulu increase to eight flights a week, with Jetstar offering three per week from Sydney and two per week from Melbourne in addition to Qantas' three weekly Sydney-Honolulu flights.
Mr Dixon said that from 1 July, around 40 Australian Airlines cabin crew positions would be lost progressively, with no compulsory redundancies expected.
"Around 370 Australian Airlines positions will remain in Cairns, in addition to Jetstar's own Cairns base, which is expected to grow," he said.
Mr Dixon said from July:
* Qantas' thrice-weekly Adelaide-Darwin-Singapore A330-300 services would operate non-stop between Adelaide and Singapore;
* the five services operated each week by Australian Airlines between Cairns and Singapore would be operated by Qantas via Darwin;
* Australian Airlines' four weekly Cairns-Gold Coast services would cease, with a new daily Qantas international flight linking Brisbane and Cairns to cater for the inbound tourism market, particularly from Japan; and
* Australian Airlines' current twice-weekly Cairns-Hong Kong and four weekly Cairns-Sydney services would cease.
Qantas will continue to provide:
* double daily flights between Cairns and Tokyo;
* daily flights between Cairns and each of the Japanese cities of Nagoya and Osaka;
* a daily international flight between Cairns and Sydney, to cater for the inbound tourism market, particularly from Japan; and
* a total of seven services per week to Bali from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, with Sydney and Melbourne flights to progressively transition to Jetstar.
Mr Dixon said Jetstar's long-haul services would complement Qantas' international network and provide customers with low fare, direct flights between Australia and a range of emerging and established holiday destinations.
He said Jetstar's proposed route network included six destinations in Asia and the Pacific - Bangkok, Phuket, Osaka, Ho Chi Minh City, Bali and Honolulu - operated by two-class Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
"The network will ultimately provide more services to Asia and the Pacific before expanding with second stage flying to Europe and other destinations.
"The Jetstar fleet will transition to the 311-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft - part of Qantas' $20 billion fleet reinvestment program - from August 2008."
Customers affected by these changes will be contacted by Qantas or their travel agent.
* subject to regulatory approval.
Issued by Qantas Corporate Communication (Q3418)
Email: [email protected]
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Okay, so there may be some happy crew just because they get the QANTAS uniform - but how possible is it for us to lose the international flying, and therefore our income in allowances and just do more domestic stuff?
It sounds to me like just another way for QANTAS to erode the mainline conditions, and bring in more crew flying QANTAS planes in QANTAS uniform on less pay. Please someone tell me I'm wrong....
It sounds to me like just another way for QANTAS to erode the mainline conditions, and bring in more crew flying QANTAS planes in QANTAS uniform on less pay. Please someone tell me I'm wrong....
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Who said there are happy crew just because they are getting a QF uniform ? I think the 300 AO cabin crew are far above that. I and MANY others have worn the QF uniform before...there is no thrill in it for me.
What about the hard work we have put in to build up the amazing cust serv reputation AO has ?
What about the 40 jobs to go ?
Please don't think we are happy about eroding your QF L/H conditions. Just like QF L/H we only do as instructed.
( At least I don't have to change my pprune username
)
What about the hard work we have put in to build up the amazing cust serv reputation AO has ?
What about the 40 jobs to go ?
Please don't think we are happy about eroding your QF L/H conditions. Just like QF L/H we only do as instructed.
( At least I don't have to change my pprune username
)
Last edited by QF skywalker; 11th Apr 2006 at 07:28.