Anyone Still Flying Domestic?

[oirets]

There are probably plenty of domestic road warriors here still battling on.

What's it looking like? Are people still flying or are planes literally empty?

 

[Melburnian1]

... As I own my own business, I developed my own Travel Policy...[/QUOTE

Preferable in so many ways to having some 'risk consultant' do that for you, tell you what you already know (largely) and charge you a massive amount.

 

[Melburnian1]

Health professionals travelling for work purposes are still able to travel interstate without restrictions.

As, I assume, would be those, attending funerals. Such previously often public events have been pared down with strict caps on numbers attending, and funeral directors are apparently opting for videolinks and the like.

 

[bussyboy]

Just booked VA syd-per for next weekend. Catching up with family while that's still possible, and will just get me to Silver the day before i start losing status credits...

Do you reckon they'll give me the gift bonuses announced yesterday?? I'm hoping so!!

WA border effectively closed, so trip cancelled in the end... hopefully I'll get to use the travel credits now banked up

 

[Guvner]

Plenty of aircraft flying in to PER tonight!

 

[Forg]

Neighbours returned to Sydney from Port Macqaurie today (if it'd been me I'd have driven) ... 4 passengers in total on the flight.

 

[bPeteb]

Still waiting for QF to start canceling flights further in advance. Both our Easter Cairns and May Perth flights showing as flying. Hotels cancelled at both destinations now. Will wait for QF to hopefully cancel just before and if they don’t I’ll take the vouchers.

 

[nutwood]

I flew LST - ADL on the 22nd. LST-MEL was about 75% full. MEL-ADL was less. I was interested to note only three J seats occupied but no upgrade for me. Definite proof that P1 upgrades are based on a flight count, not availability!
Clocked up 2100 kms travel in hire car and arrived back in MEL 27th. Flew home to LST on 2289, along with 57 other pax and am now enjoying fourteen days at home. Asked if it could be extended but apparently fourteen days is all they offer!
Interesting observations:
Sunday 22nd, Melbourne airport virtually deserted. No worries about 1.5 m, you'd be battling to get within 15 m! Only a short stop over between flights but I popped up to the lounge to see what was happening and bugger me, there was a queue to get in! Only the business lounge was open and it had reached capacity. Seriously weird, considering there were entire gates with not a soul in them.
Tried to find sanitiser but all the dispensers I tried were empty. Perhaps that's why they were queuing for the lounge?
Only breach of my personal distancing rule was the CSM who came to have a cosy chat about where I lived and what I was doing. Very friendly and good PR, possibly because I was the only P1 aboard, but 300 mm ain't 1.5 m!
Returning 27th out of MEL, security scan people were standing around, bored out of their brains. They were positively excited to push my backpack through the scanner and it was entertaining to be explosive scanned by someone trying to keep 1.5 m away.
Pleased to discover all sanitiser dispensers now functional. Possibly because the airport was almost deserted?
MEL-LST still had 58 pax. Obviously many people still needing to travel. Some obvious FIFO. Be interesting to see where it goes, now Tasmanian Government has introduced mandatory detention for anyone entering the State.

 

[drron]

It is getting difficult to travel.Heading to LST.Booked last Wednesday with QF for Sunday 5th.An early flight to connect to the 1 MEL-LST flight a day.
Original flight was at 0915.Next switched to 0615.On the weekend it went to 0715.Today the flight has been cancelled altogether.

 

[drross]

Son in law back to Mt Isa tomorrow (FIFO)- only 1 flight a day from qantas and no virgin flights at all. Will be interesting to hear how many are on the flight

 

[nutwood]

It is getting difficult to travel.Heading to LST.Booked last Wednesday with QF for Sunday 5th.An early flight to connect to the 1 MEL-LST flight a day.
Original flight was at 0915.Next switched to 0615.On the weekend it went to 0715.Today the flight has been cancelled altogether.

I'm thinking that currently, there's one flight a day to Launceston. Departs Mel 12.00, drops off Launceston, turns around and comes back.
Qantas has a charter to maintain transport between States. They're fulfilling this.

 

[Jessilson]

Flying during this period is not preferable. I postponed my trips until next summer, most likely, because the second wave is coming and I don't see any point in breaking the security postulates.

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

As a data point, had a pleasant flight yesterday evening BNE-SYD. Wine was even served which is never the case on a weekend service but was just a snack offered.

 

[NoGodsOneQueen]

I've done Moree/Syd and back a few times recently. Flights have been maybe 2/3 to 3/4 full. Social distancing not a strong point when it comes to boarding and have seen some pretty nonsensical seating arrangements. Wine and snacks are back.

 

[BNEFlyer]

Have only flown one return trip since March, BNE-CNS-BNE last month. Up on VA, back on QF. Both flights quite full, maybe 90%. Only a handful of pax wearing masks but didn't feel uncomfortable on either flight.

Left BNE on a Friday afternoon and it was quite busy on the departure level with flights to CNS/PPP/HTI/MOV/EMD on QF/VA/JQ/QQ, but check in and security were good.

I arrived quite early for my flight from CNS on a Monday afternoon and at that time is was very quiet, but even at departure time it was relatively quiet.

 

[UP4014]

Have Sydney - Adelaide and Whyalla coming up at the end of November. My staff who have been back and forth NSW to South Oz during various lock downs decided they would rather drive, which was fine with me.

 

[kookaburra75]

MrsK and I did CBR/SYD/BNK return a week ago for a holiday up at Byron Bay. All legs were on Dash 8's. Boarding was by blocks of seats, starting at the back, although on a couple of the flights they paged Premium passengers first - seems some people remember the rules. Mask and sanitiser packs were handed out at the departure gate which we used, as did virtually all of the passengers. Canberra and Sydney airports were deserted, with Ballina being the busiest.
The Departures Board in Canberra, for the whole day

 

[drron]

Back on JQ tomorrow LST-BNE.

 

[Jleno]

Anyone travel on QF from SYD-MEL recently know whether they are currently still serving nut-based snacks? Have a friend that needs to travel urgently but is quite allergic to nuts and was wondering if currently they've put a stop on servicing snacks in-flight.

 

[Lynda2475]

Not sure about SYD-MEL but on SYD-BNK they were handing our muffin bars one way and a cookie the other way - quite possible there were nuts in the cookie. I kept my mask firmly in place, and snacked later. Not essential to eat or drink on a short flight.

 

[JackMiles]

With WA border restrictions easing soon, what odds on the Perth QF lounge(s) opening? Anybody got inside info, or seen an announcement?
Same question for Hobart...