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  1. Himeno

    Qantas Chile route

    Qantas have filed a request with IASC asking for another 337 seats per week for Chile. They already have 1,847 seats(of 4000 total) allocated, which will need to be renewed by mid 2020. They are currently using 1456 seats/week with their 4 weekly SYD-SCL flight. The application says they are...
  2. Mattg

    AA tells Italians to fly to USA for pizza

    I find this rather hilarious... On the Italian version of the American Airlines website, AA has a giant banner advertising American pizza. To Italians. :rolleyes: What Italian is going to say "gee, the one thing we don't have here is good pizza, I think I'll book a flight to Chicago"?!
  3. Berlin

    Qatar Qsuites coming to Auckland-Doha route in June

    Finally! As per NZHerald, Qatar has confirmed the Qsuite product coming to the Auckland Doha route from 1st of June. As I have a flight booked in September, I am delighted with this news! Qatar Airways rolling out its Qsuite business class on Auckland-Doha route
  4. T

    Hainan Airlines Super Diamond Business class seat config routes

    I've being trying to do some research on which flights/routes from Australia through to Europe has the new Business Class forward herringbone Super Diamond business class seats in a 1-2-1 configuration on Hainan Airlines. Apparently there are 17 x 787/9 & 11 x A330/3 with the new layout - but...
  5. Mattg

    Air Canada to fly AKL-YVR

    Air Canada is launching seasonal flights from Auckland to Vancouver, to run from December until March. The flights will run 4x weekly on a Boeing 787-8. Apparently, Air Canada is seeking to operate the route as a Joint Venture with Air New Zealand, which already flies to YVR year-round. Air...
  6. J

    citibank reward points converting to flybuys 1:1

    citibank have recently started allowing you to transfer reward points to flybuys Now you can transfer your Citi reward Points to flybuys points and redeem them in Australia’s favourite loyalty program.1 To kick things off, you’ll get 15% flybuys points bonus every time you transfer your Citi...
  7. W

    Unusual and uncommon routes

    I am currently transiting KL and I saw the strangest route I think I have ever seen. OD8115 Kuala Lumpur - Christmas Island It made me wonder, what are some of the other strange or unusual routes that you have come across on your travels?
  8. O

    New airline to fly Sydney/Melbourne in 3rd quarter rumour

    just heard a rumour that a new airline will be flying smaller aircraft from Sydney to Melbourne & back by 3rd 1/4 of 2019, but they won't be flying out of Mascot or into Tullamarine. Trying to find out more. What's the largest aircraft that can operate out of Bankstown with a decent load of...
  9. Mattg

    Malindo Air starting Adelaide-Bali flights

    Malindo Air is planning to start direct flights from Adelaide to Denpasar/Bali, continuing to Kuala Lumpur. According to Routes Online, the flights will start on 31 March 2019. Jetstar is the only other airline flying ADL-DPS. Malindo has full service (bags, meals and entertainment included)...
  10. Mattg

    AS to codeshare on Qantas trans-Pacific routes

    Alaska Airlines will add its AS code to a range of Qantas routes between the USA and Australia from next month. Alaska Airlines expands Qantas codeshare to Australia from March 2019
  11. RooFlyer

    Star Alliance Route Map

    Is anyone else having trouble accessing the Star Alliance route map - its has been at this address, and Star Alliance still direct you there: http://star-alliance.innosked.com/ Its been 'unreachable' for me for at least a couple of weeks, and I know of at least one other AFFer who is in the...
  12. J

    What's happened to award availability on SYD to JHB route?

    It's been a few years since I booked an award flight to Johannesburg via Sydney in December but it was always pretty guaranteed that if I logged in exactly 353 days in advance there would be availability in economy class for my family. I am trying to book this exact trip for December 2019 and...
  13. Mattg

    VA to fly DRW-DPS

    Virgin Australia is apparently launching direct DRW-DPS flights in April. The daytime return flight should make a good alternative to JQ's redeye. Virgin Australia adds Darwin – Denpasar service from April 2019
  14. docjames

    United route increases ex-SFO

    Courtesy United Announces Largest International Route Expansion from SFO Ex-SFO UA are adding Year-round nonstop flights to - MEL - Toronto and seasonal - DEL Adding an additional daily flight to Seoul And expanding to all year-round - AKL - AMS - PPT So they are crowing about a whole...
  15. Virgin Bart

    QF to fly BENDIGO to SYD!

    https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/qantas-to-start-bendigo-sydney-flights-city-s-first-in-30-years-20181210-p50l83.html Bendigo will be connected to Sydney with regular flights operated by Qantas starting early next year, marking the first regular commercial airline services out of...
  16. F

    Using points to fly to South America

    Hello, My wife and I are in the midst of trying to plan our trip to South America next year (late August) and we were hoping to use our QFF points to get flights. We had initially hoped to get business class flights but we aren't sure we'll have the points for that. Anyway, we've now noticed...
  17. mrsterryn

    Oops need to fly to Tokyo to buy a bag

    That is a good enough reason to go from Sydney?
  18. S

    ANA to fly Tokyo - Perth

    Saw this on the news this morning: https://thewest.com.au/news/travel/all-nippon-airways-to-announce-direct-perth-tokyo-flights-ng-b881034190z
  19. Mattg

    Norwegian Air to fly LGW-GIG

    I think this is the first LCC service to run from Europe to South America. London to Rio de Janeiro with Norwegian Air. Norwegian Air unveils London-Rio flight, challenging 'monopoly' | Reuters I may actually give this service a try if there is a good sale at some point. I'm planning to book a...
  20. M

    Qantas applying for capacity to fly to Fiji

    As per the application: Effective during the Northern Summer scheduling season, commencing 31 March 2019, Qantas plans to commence services between Australia and Fiji route using B737 aircraft. https://iasc.gov.au/applications/files/QF_Capacity_Fiji.pdf
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