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I had the unfortunate experience of having the falafel bagel a week ago, I had one bite was the driest most flavorless thing. PER and BNE J lounge have done much better varieties lately with tuna and smoked salmon respectively and tasted great.

Agreed, QR only operate 5 outstation lounges for premium routes with high frequencies. The contract NZ (or QF) lounges are more than adequate.

Looks like they gave up on EBQ and have brought in EBR - taxiing for take off

According to a few frustrated pax on twitter it’s one tech issue after another

All aircraft go tech (which I’m guessing is the issue) even new ones but when there no spare aircraft to be found it’s not ideal - I can’t think of other major carriers that have such little slack in the fleet

And pax will likely arrive middle of the night in BLR (if it doesnt get canx) missing all onward connections. Desperately need EU261 equivalent.

Not fun for the pax who had a very early start connecting off the 6am flights from BNE/MEL etc

No special retirement flights then, quiet exit off stage, a bit sad for a type that's been flying in Australian skies for quarter century

Indeed I’d imagine that’s the case with most dual nationals particularly if that’s their place or birth / where she grew up, also anyone would have significant trepidation leaving behind family and friends in a war zone - not being able to say when or even if she’ll see them again.

Seems a bit ridiculous that QF gets involved with this sort of work, particularly as they’ll only fly from Cyprus - cynical but seems all for publicity / photo op in SYD. All other nations seem to be using ACMI charters or military aircraft, any other nation getting their flag carrier involved?

That’s very true I don’t disagree - I’m sure lots of people have been complacent and up until 2 weeks ago the security situation in Lebanon wasn’t particularly unusual, but in the last two weeks it’s clearly deteriorated significantly and 1/4 of the population are now displaced with nowhere to...

When this was originally published on the QF news room it was announced as operating from Beirut via Larnaca - it has since been updated to be Larnaca only. QFs insurance likely wouldn’t cover flying into BEY and may be too high risk for the crew. The government is chartering separate flights...

Seems in line with what was being offered - QF only. I’ve cancelled the booking now and made a cash booking on VA out of OOL which had lots more flight options at better prices than JQ

Without doubt, however I’d question how many are retiring to Lebanon for the “high life”. Good luck trying to withdraw cash in Lebanon since the liquidity crisis.

It’s not always that easy for people to leave - perhaps they have elderly parents that need looking after or businesses or any myriad of reasons.

The charter will be flying from BEY, via Larnaca - presumably for a crew change, fuel or other operational reasons

Let’s not forgot the gov also chartered QF to evacuate Australians out of TLV. I would have thought RAAF A330s would be better suited to these type of missions though - not sure why they don’t get used in this capacity

Check in for Thailand flights should be from the same area as NZ, but unlikely they’ll keep check on open between flights. JQ can be fussy about accepting early bag drop I wouldn’t like to say whether it will be accepted earlier than 3 hours

I’d wager money on it being the NZ lounges (same as the QR metal flights)

For NZ you can do online check in and bag drop - even so depends on what flights are going as to whether bag drop will be open any earlier