Mamma Mia! New direct Perth-Rome route

[NSun]

It will be interesting to see if it is just for 2022 and hope it goes well but of course a lot will depend on the COVID situation in Italy at the time - with the way the world is nowadays you don't know what things will be like in 6 days, let alone 6 months.

I'm tossing up between Europe and North America for a June 2022 trip. If I went with Europe I might take this flight but currently I am leaning to North America because the pricing to LAX looks slightly better than London or Rome for the dates I want but that could change if Qantas drop another international sale in January

As for other European destinations, I think at the very least even there'll be direct Australia to CDG for the Olympics in 2024.

 

[bablong]

There is another good reason for this flight and that is the very large Italian population in Perth. That could make it work depending on price point I would assume

 

[QF029]

Disappointed I missed this thread yesterday. The first points plane back in June would have suited by J RTW but they're gone now!

 

[SnowPatrol]

Great that they are adding new routes but unless the fares come out at a decent price it’s probably not for me. $9.5k in J for dates I want when I could fly with one of the ME3 for $7-8k and enjoy a stop over on one or both ways. I can see how it does appeal to many but it’s just not for me. I do hope it succeeds and more routes are added though

Agree. With all this Perth centric stuff it would be good if Qantas could expand and renovate both domestic and international lounges AGAIN. If I am to sit on a plane for 16 hours after a trip from Melb or Syd, then the lounge will need to be schmick - especially as there is nothing else to do in Perth international airside.

Broome(!) or a stop in the Middle East would be far more appealing.

 

[Daver6]

Agree. With all this Perth centric stuff it would be good if Qantas could expand and renovate both domestic and international lounges AGAIN. If I am to sit on a plane for 16 hours after a trip from Melb or Syd, then the lounge will need to be schmick - especially as there is nothing else to do in Perth international airside.

Broome(!) or a stop in the Middle East would be far more appealing.

I presume they'll be using the T3 international lounge. I'm curious what kind of renovations you think it needs, given it is quite new still?

It would certainly require expanding if more than one flight (ie the Rome and London flight) timings coincide. Otherwise, for an international QF J lounge it's certainly a step up from the SYD and MEL ones.

 

[RichardMEL]

Assuming that QF9/10 will return to PER-LHR. It may not. It may wind up going MEL-SIN-LHR. It will be interesting to see what happens there.

With this flight scheduled to go via PER too it does imply PER-LHR will return, but who knows.

 

[Daver6]

Assuming that QF9/10 will return to PER-LHR. It may not. It may wind up going MEL-SIN-LHR. It will be interesting to see what happens there.

With this flight scheduled to go via PER too it does imply PER-LHR will return, but who knows.

I'm pretty sure QF announced that QF9/10 will be resuming via PER in April.

 

[jrfsp]

Assuming that QF9/10 will return to PER-LHR. It may not. It may wind up going MEL-SIN-LHR. It will be interesting to see what happens there.

With this flight scheduled to go via PER too it does imply PER-LHR will return, but who knows.

PER-LHR will definitely return. It was QFs best performing long haul route and was primarily filled with PER pax. Rome is only a short term filler to hopefully make some dollars....

A lot will depend on project sunrise timing for future routes, but CDG or FRA could well happen until that takes off.

 

[jb747]

PER-LHR will definitely return. It was QFs best performing long haul route and was primarily filled with PER pax. Rome is only a short term filler to hopefully make some dollars....

Which is exactly why it was a stupid. By all means have a flight out of Perth, but the Melbourne passengers largely abandoned it.

 

[Daver6]

Which is exactly why it was a stupid. By all means have a flight out of Perth, but the Melbourne passengers largely abandoned it.

But a great flight if you're just travelling MEL to PER Access to the F lounge in MEL and from memory only 10k points to upgrade from discount Y to Y+.

 

[jrfsp]

Which is exactly why it was a stupid. By all means have a flight out of Perth, but the Melbourne passengers largely abandoned it.

Where the aircraft originates its largely irrelevant anyway. MEL pax had the option of flying via SIN. (Thats the way i went) QF were offering another route option. Whether the same aircraft goes all the way through 99% of people wouldnt care.
PER offered a one stop option to LHR for people living in places not served by QF to SIN. The reality is QF have been downsizing LHR flights for a long long time and these flights were profitable.

 

[RichardMEL]

Of course there's assumptions WA borders will actually open again in Feb... at this point in time I rate that about 50/50...

still.. fingers crossed

 

[QF029]

Disappointed I missed this thread yesterday. The first points plane back in June would have suited by J RTW but they're gone

I had an expert flyer alert pop up this morning and I grabbed a seat in J (U) so I will be on the inaugural FCO-PER flight which I'm happy about.

 

[Rangalad]

I had an expert flyer alert pop up this morning and I grabbed a seat in J (U) so I will be on the inaugural FCO-PER flight which I'm happy about.

Complimenti! (Congrats in Italian)

 

[jakeseven7]

I had an expert flyer alert pop up this morning and I grabbed a seat in J (U) so I will be on the inaugural FCO-PER flight which I'm happy about.

Mandatory trip report!!!

And congrats.

 

[jb747]

I expect they'll announce all sorts of Perth stuff. And then blame Mark when it doesn't happen.

 

[jakeseven7]

I expect they'll announce all sorts of Perth stuff. And then blame Mark when it doesn't happen.

Well it will be his fault so the blame will be fairly dealt then.

 

[jase05]

I had an expert flyer alert pop up this morning and I grabbed a seat in J (U) so I will be on the inaugural FCO-PER flight which I'm happy about.

Well done. Will be interested to see a TR.

 

[AIRwin]

The Rome Fly Away Sale is now on:

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/flight-deals/flights-to-rome.html/fco

 

[Lynda2475]

The Rome Fly Away Sale is now on:
https://www.qantas.com/au/en/flight-deals/flights-to-rome.html/fco

Noting that from SYD the best fares arent on the new QF5 but on QF1 with a connecting Air Italia flight from LHR. Im not able to consider QF5 until next year.