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[MEL_Traveller]

Definitely can be done. Here's one example with UA:
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Indeed some of these can be ticketed and there is commentary that at least some passengers have either been bailed up at check-in or by border and customs control.

Cabotage is not an issue for the passenger it is an issue for the airline.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

One thought to consider, suppose those EK flights carried a QF flight number. Would it then be considered "cabotage" since they are now flying on QF flights?

Cabotage is not an issue for the passenger it is an issue for the airline.

Now there's an interesting twist: try "cabotage" (whatever that is) on EU routes (i.e. ZRH to ATH on AC). They have to re-accommodate you and that might trigger EU261 .

 

[oz_mark]

Yes, it stops foreign airlines flying pax say PER-MEL, but as per the discussion above, it also prevents a single continuous ticket between two domestic cities in the one country by a foreign airline. With some exceptions noted above such as the EU and AU/NZ.

Asiana got in trouble with cabotage for saipan-USA via Seoul. Similarly GUM-USA via tokyo ran into trouble.

You can still travel via SIN, but you’d need a break or stop in the journey to make it legal. For example what Air Canada does above.

Cabotage makes it illegal for the ticket to be sold. Not for the passenger to actually travel. However the complication for the passenger is that the airline may prevent travel if it thinks it’s going to get fined.

Plenty of people have done PER-SIN-SYD?MEL. I have never heard of it being raised as an issue in an Australia context. Not once. Not ever.
(and even if it was, just put them on two tickets)

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Plenty of people have done PER-SIN-SYD?MEL. I have never heard of it being raised as an issue in an Australia context. Not once. Not ever.
(and even if it was, just put them on two tickets)

It was a ‘thing’ when the West Eagles made the AFL grand final at the MCG. Most flights were sold out, but those that were available were demanding obscene prices. People were resorting to driving or taking the bus.

It was cheaper to fly on Singapore Airlines via Singapore and some fans had mooted that as an option. Cabotage would have prevented SQ carrying those pax unless there was a stopover in SIN.

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One thought to consider, suppose those EK flights carried a QF flight number. Would it then be considered "cabotage" since they are now flying on QF flights?


Now there's an interesting twist: try "cabotage" (whatever that is) on EU routes (i.e. ZRH to ATH on AC). They have to re-accommodate you and that might trigger EU261 .

Depends if AC has rights to carry lax on that route.

Unlikely 261 would kick in anyway given the frequency of other airlines operating that route, and the fact that you need to have a valid reservation for it to apply in the first place. Breaching cabotage rules may have invalidated the reservation.

 

[jpp42]

It was a ‘thing’ when the West Eagles made the AFL grand final at the MCG. Most flights were sold out, but those that were available were demanding obscene prices. People were resorting to driving or taking the bus.

Are airlines better at putting on more flights at short notice these days ? I know it can be a challenge to crew them at times, but if it were otherwise not a busy time of year it seems it would be in Qantas' interest to cancel a bunch of SYD-MEL's and run a few more MEL-PER flights to cater to this sudden demand.