Article: Qantas Schedules Daytime Los Angeles-Brisbane Flights

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Qantas Schedules Daytime Los Angeles-Brisbane Flights

Qantas is scheduling daily flights from Los Angeles to Brisbane departing at 10.20am in the morning from next May, offering customers a unique daylight

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[Abus380]

In the past QF operated a morning QF 8 to Sydney. It had problems with loads as the a/c departed before any connecting flights could arrive from other points in Nth America hence it only serviced pax in the LA area. It chased the sun across the Pacific and was known as the endless day by Flt crews.
If they can make it work good on them.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Virgin had a once a week day flight which I thought was perfect, pity they didn't market the flight harder as it should have been popular.

It does waste a day but then you don't feel like you are lethargic for a week after like you can with a night flight unless you are flying business.

 

[Mattg]

In the past QF operated a morning QF 8 to Sydney. It had problems with loads as the a/c departed before any connecting flights could arrive from other points in Nth America hence it only serviced pax in the LA area. It chased the sun across the Pacific and was known as the endless day by Flt crews.
If they can make it work good on them.

I've actually flown on a morning QF8 departure from DFW to SYD, around 7 years ago. This wasn't a regularly scheduled service, rather the flight was delayed overnight. Many passengers were rebooked via LAX, meaning the load on the A380 was very light.

It was a great flight, but it was very, very long and the entire flight was in daylight. We landed at Sydney at sunset and the crew remarked that it was normally the other way around.

 

[Warragul]

When UA started flights from SFO - SYD, it was initially an evening arrival and departure at SYD.
I prefer the late afternoon/ evening arrival on long haul, where commitments allow, easier to get a night's sleep straight away and start more refreshed the next day.

 

[Lynda2475]

Will be interesting to see what this means for the JFK flights.

When QF originally launched SYD-JFK, the plane from SYD would offload some passengers in LAX and pick up some from the MEL and BNE flights before continuing on to JFK.

Then last time I did this flight it was an A380 SYD-LAX with plane changing to the smaller plane (the one used BNE-LAX) for the LAX-JFK leg.

I dont think QF have announced when the JFK flights are resuming, but I wonder which aircraft will be used going forward.

 

[Mattg]

Will be interesting to see what this means for the JFK flights.

When QF originally launched SYD-JFK, the plane from SYD would offload some passengers in LAX and pick up some from the MEL and BNE flights before continuing on to JFK.

Then last time I did this flight it was an A380 SYD-LAX with plane changing to the smaller plane (the one used BNE-LAX) for the LAX-JFK leg.

I dont think QF have announced when the JFK flights are resuming, but I wonder which aircraft will be used going forward.

I suspect that next time we see a Qantas plane at JFK, it will be an A350 operating direct to/from SYD.

 

[Lynda2475]

I suspect that next time we see a Qantas plane at JFK, it will be an A350 operating direct to/from SYD.

I do look forward to this, but I understood that Project Sunrise was still a few years away, whereas if confidence builds would hope to resume the JFK flights before then, as I've flown that route several times.

I do wonder whether QF will also actually start the BNE-ORD flights which never started due to covid? Im always interested in options that bypass LAX.

If spending time on west coast I would always choose SFO over LAX, but going direct to ORD or JFK is even better, since Chicago and New York my two favorite US cities.

 

[Jaraboski]

I'm hopeful that this may kick-start the re-opening of the QF lounge at the BNE international terminal...I understand the terminal is a ghost town right now.

 

[dajop]

I've taken a number of similar flights from US to Asia (LAX-ICN-SIN, LAX-NRT-SIN, SFO-ICN-SIN), and certainly in economy I find them vastly preferable to the redeyes (as I do travelling from SIN to Europe). Even JFK-NRT-SIN in J, this was a great option, actually enjoying the J service whilst finding some time for a few naps. These have involved mid-late morning departure and (in the case of SIN) late evening arrival, work a bit on the plane (I can do that in my job) to pass the time and avoid a days leave, arrive home go to bed and get up the next morning relatively refreshed rather than having to stay up all day to try and adjust.

I just find long hauls after a good nights sleep and then going to airport much better than having been up all day first.

 

[Brad 43]

I had taken the morning flight from LAX back in the "00"s on a few occasions, flying in from a STL connection. At that getting a full row to oneself was not a problem as most PAX preferred where ever they were. also I was told that it was PAX limited due to it being mostly freight.

 

[Brad 43]

Hahaha, just saw that I was a "newbie", Premier 1K with United, well at least till the end of this year, well this is a first time posting, but enjoy reading articles & stories.

 

[serfty]

Hahaha, just saw that I was a "newbie", Premier 1K with United, well at least till the end of this year, well this is a first time posting, but enjoy reading articles & stories.

Welcome to AFF

Well you are averaging one post a year since you joined just before 2016.

 

[downtheback]

It does waste a day but then you don't feel like you are lethargic for a week after like you can with a night flight unless you are flying business.

I feel for people who need Business class to get a proper sleep on a trans-pac flight (or the long leg from europe back to australia). The overnight schedule is perfect and easy to see why it is so popular.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

In the past QF operated a morning QF 8 to Sydney. It had problems with loads as the a/c departed before any connecting flights could arrive from other points in Nth America hence it only serviced pax in the LA area. It chased the sun across the Pacific and was known as the endless day by Flt crews.
If they can make it work good on them.

When UA started flights from SFO - SYD, it was initially an evening arrival and departure at SYD.
I prefer the late afternoon/ evening arrival on long haul, where commitments allow, easier to get a night's sleep straight away and start more refreshed the next day.

I much prefer an evening departure out of North America over a morning flight to Australia, particularly if I'm in J. Spend a couple of hours working on the plane, the grab an 8 or 10 hour sleep. By the time I'm up they're serving breakfast and I'll be ready to start my day! It also has the added benefit of making connections from other airports easier as you don't need to arrive at the gateway the day before (i.e. LAX or YVR).

Will be interesting to see what this means for the JFK flights.

When QF originally launched SYD-JFK, the plane from SYD would offload some passengers in LAX and pick up some from the MEL and BNE flights before continuing on to JFK.

Then last time I did this flight it was an A380 SYD-LAX with plane changing to the smaller plane (the one used BNE-LAX) for the LAX-JFK leg.

I dont think QF have announced when the JFK flights are resuming, but I wonder which aircraft will be used going forward.

I would be very surprised if they actually move forward with a nonstop flight to JFK from SYD. I just don't think the demand is there, certainly not in this travel environment, and it's unclear when that demand will be restored. A big question mark is whether the Zoom effect will fade, especially for businesses who pre-pandemic put their employees on such flights (preferably in J). One benefit of having that nonstop service to JFK is it will certainly make connections into Europe a heck of a lot easier. Just one connection at JFK and you can go virtually anywhere in Europe, whereas on the left coast the connections tended to be limited.

In terms of the experience though, I'd much rather connect through LAX even if I'm destined for JFK. LAX is a far nicer airport than JFK for international connections and of course there is better accumulation of SCs given the routing. If I had ultimately control over my international flight plans and were flying to the East coast of North America I would route it something like SYD > HNL > JFK. That way I can break up the trip into two equally manageable statements, plus if the fare conditions allow yours truly might be able to sneak a little stop over in paradise.

-RooFlyer88

 

[kangarooflyer88]

I feel for people who need Business class to get a proper sleep on a trans-pac flight (or the long leg from europe back to australia). The overnight schedule is perfect and easy to see why it is so popular.

It really depends on the length of the flight though. Short haul flights like JFK > LHR or even JFK > CDG I'd much prefer a daytime flight. Between meal service and everything else there frankly isn't enough time to get much rest on the plane either way. Plus you don't waste a day having to adjust to those timezone changes.

-RooFlyer88

 

[Lynda2475]

In terms of the experience though, I'd much rather connect through LAX even if I'm destined for JFK

We will never agree there, Id prefer to bypass the nightmare that is LAX if I don't actually need to be in LA. Agree that JFK isnt a great airport, but when NYC is my destination, I'd much rather fly straight through than run the gantlet of clearing immigration in LAX, picking up and re-dropping off luggage as happens now and then having to clear security again and run to gate to pick up what is supposed to be the same flight number.

Im happy to come home from EU via USA but I wouldn't want to go to EU via USA, much more efficient to connect via SIN.

 

[openseat]

I like westbound daylight flights - the best sort of transcontinental travel to deal with jet lag.

 

[Michael Hurley]

Like wise, I like westbound daylight flights . Years-ago QF ran SFO- SYD via HNL and later direct to SYD so it is from my viewpoint that they have established LAX -BNE daytime flights.

 

[NSun]

As someone who has little trouble sleeping on a plane (but only at night not during the day) I don't really mind night flights out of LAX because I can quickly adjust back to the time zone in Australia whereas if it was during the day I'd be sitting there in the dark (they'd surely shut the windows) for 14-15 hours.