Qantas – London Heathrow to Perth
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FlightlevelParticipantAlex_F, +1
A great publicity coup by QF and one has to admire them for it’though doubt it is an efficient route, even most QF pax have to transfer at PER, and pay A$2k more in J to fly the route than a transfer at SIN.
To say nothing of the alternative SQ customer service.If it was a practical route why didn’t BA try it, they’ve had the same aircraft for at least a year ‘though without 5th freedom rights onward to MEL and SYD.
The aircraft is obviously weight limited and QF is considering underfloor bunks for this and other non-stop routes because they can’t carry freight and pax over the distances.
With weight restrictions they’d have more success with an A380 for the distance and a lot more room to move around – and add underfloor bunks?28 Mar 2018
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IanFromHKGParticipant[quote quote=859143]With weight restrictions they’d have more success with an A380 for the distance and a lot more room to move around – and add underfloor bunks?[/quote]
Isn’t that beyond the A380’s range?
11 Apr 2018
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rfergusonParticipant[quote quote=861830]
Hi BT folks,
Any chance we will see a review of the new PER lounge and return PER-LHR flight? :-)))
Yes, sorry about that – I have 5 reviews waiting to land and will try and get through them by the end of the weekend,[/quote]
Thanks Tom, looking forward to them 🙂
11 Apr 2018
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capetonianmParticipantI’m hoping that you’re going to post a review of the AF/Joon flight to CPT and your experiences of CPT, Tom.
11 Apr 2018
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Tom OtleyKeymasterThe review is ready to go in the back office – I will post it this afternoon, I hope. Just having trouble loading all the photos.
Cape Town! – Wonderful to go back after a gap of six years.The new museum on the waterfront was certainly interesting
https://zeitzmocaa.museum/
But my time in the city was far too shot, unfortunately.Stayed at one of the Radisson Hotels.
It had an egg timer in the shower
11 Apr 2018
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FlightlevelParticipant[quote quote=861813]
With weight restrictions they’d have more success with an A380 for the distance and a lot more room to move around – and add underfloor bunks?
Isn’t that beyond the A380’s range?[/quote]
Probably, with opposing winds,etc, ‘though Airbus does say the “enhanced” A380 can do 8500nm with a payload reduced from the current 52 tonnes to 42 tonnes. Less pax and maybe more sleeping berths in the hold and very little cargo! LHR-PER is 7834nm ‘though longer the way the B787 routes.
Add 10% and its even less payload, maybe 40 tonnes! However it would be much more comfortable, Economy plus, First and Business only?12 Apr 2018
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Tom OtleyKeymaster[quote quote=861652]Hi BT folks,
Any chance we will see a review of the new PER lounge and return PER-LHR flight? :-)))[/quote]
Here’s the return flight review – Perth Lounge review coming….
12 Apr 2018
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MarkivJParticipantWill this flight just get lounger?!
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