New Qantas route - Perth to Paris from July 2024

[RooFlyer]

Just put these here (from the QF announcement pics), for possible comparison with the 'meals' thread.

Fresh tuna niçoise salad


Goat's cheese salad with walnut vinigarette


Pithivier of chicken and tarragon


Creme caramel



'Qantas Paris menu'

 

[PeterA]

Hope Qantas stays with this menu for a while, looks pretty good. My much better half and I will be partaking of this in September.

 

[InfrequentEconomy]

Still no lounge information wit flights commencing next Friday.

 

[RSVKanga]

Still no lounge information wit flights commencing next Friday.

I’d assume and hope they would announce Air France as their lounge partner at CDG. QF already have a codeshare partnership and good relationship with them.

 

[InfrequentEconomy]

I’d assume and hope they would announce Air France as their lounge partner at CDG. QF already have a codeshare partnership and good relationship with them.

They also do with AA (which is closed in CDG) and Emirates.

Executive Traveller (published today) are saying it is still under wraps.

"Qantas has yet to advise which lounge it will use at Paris Charles de Gaulle."

What to expect from Qantas’ non-stop flights to Paris

Paris joins London and Rome as the Flying Kangaroo’s third non-stop to Europe.

www.executivetraveller.com

 

[jase05]

I’d assume and hope they would announce Air France as their lounge partner at CDG. QF already have a codeshare partnership and good relationship with them.

I guess it depends which terminal they are flying out of also. There are already a few OW airlines that have their own lounges at CDG and EK also
I’m sure QR will be accomodating

 

[Digicola]

QF will be using T2A it seems so either CX, AA, EK or a contract lounge.

QF lands during the peak of the AF morning arrival bank, I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t able to secure gate space in T2E which AF already complains it struggles with for its own flights.

 

[InfrequentEconomy]

I wouldn't be surprised if they bunk with AA permanently, but need something temp in the mean time.

 

[Princess Fiona]

QF will be using T2A it seems so either CX, AA, EK or a contract lounge.

QF lands during the peak of the AF morning arrival bank, I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t able to secure gate space in T2E which AF already complains it struggles with for its own flights.

Both CX/AA are still closed at CDG

 

[InfrequentEconomy]

Both CX/AA are still closed at CDG

Yep, and this will be having a flow on effect to the contract lounges capacities.

 

[jase05]

Both CX/AA are still closed at CDG

Hopefully QF don’t get that ordinary lounge that BA uses.

 

[SYD]

Hopefully QF don’t get that ordinary lounge that BA uses.

That would be geographically the most logical until something better reopens or there’s something else available?

Both CX/AA are still closed at CDG

What’s with that? The Olympics are about to happen and CDG is under capacity? Surely not?

According to the OW website, CX is flying from T1 at the moment? Handy if flying J and the QR lounge is open - that’s a nice lounge!

 

[Digicola]

Both CX/AA are still closed at CDG

Thats due to T2A not having reopened yet, this should happen sometime this month

 

[PeterA]

Hopefully by my return date in early November the lounge issue in CDG will have been sorted. CX lounges are normally great, but the QR one looks nice.

 

[jase05]

Hopefully by my return date in early November the lounge issue in CDG will have been sorted. CX lounges are normally great, but the QR one looks nice.

QR lounge is in T1 and it was noted a few posts back that QF will be flying out of T2A

 

[InfrequentEconomy]

"Qantas has yet to announce which lounge it will use at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, but it will likely be one of the Air France Lounges in Terminal 2."

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/qf33/

 

[jase05]

"Qantas has yet to announce which lounge it will use at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, but it will likely be one of the Air France Lounges in Terminal 2."

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/qf33/

I was in the AF lounge in 2E a few months ago and not impressed. Very average lounge so hopefully it’s not that one

 

[CaptJCool]

Just in time for the glitterati



And I’m shocked
Shocked they say that Beef Tartare doesn’t get a run on the new QF Menu

 

[Digicola]

I was in the AF lounge in 2E a few months ago and not impressed. Very average lounge so hopefully it’s not that one

Which lounge is this?

Air France has 3 « international » lounges in CDG, T2E-K, T2E-L and T2E-M one for each satellite of the terminal (CDG naming conventions are beyond me).

K currently has the worst lounge down in the basement of the terminal but this is currently changing as AF is taking over the upper 2 floors to create a huge 3 story flagship lounge that was due to open for the Olympics but will probably be delayed until next year I reckon.

L was renovated right before covid and sits on top of the satellite. M is a bit older as it was built with the satellite but is still relatively new.

 

[SYD]

I was in the AF lounge in 2E a few months ago and not impressed. Very average lounge so hopefully it’s not that one

2E would be a bit of schlep to the QF departure gate? That’s assuming 2A actually reopens anytime soon but by that time, you’d expect AA, CX and BA to back at 2A and the AA/CX lounges reopened?