Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

[antycbr]

Wasn’t that a Kiwi LCC some years ago?

Yep. Was hopeful someone would remember!

 

[NoName]

I remember going BNE-AKL on Freedom Air in late 1997 and jagging an exit row without a seat in front of me. As a lanky 17 year old I was in heaven!

 

[antycbr]

Going to be a lot of stories from tommorow. Looking forward to understanding what the new processes look like.

I wonder if they’ll block the segments on Sunrise and Today out for WA audiences?

 

[Matt_01]

I’m with MissM here!! I have also seen on many flights mum and dad in J whilst teens languish in goat class. I feel like calling child services

I to have seen parents in J and kids in Y, the rule is simple in our household we all travel in the same class. When MissM was asking about future travel, points or if I would pay this was with her friends in a few years without us.

 

[wenglock.mok]

The first (inbound) freedom flight is on its way - having left LAX a couple of hours ago

QF12 (QFA12) Qantas Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Track Qantas (QF) #12 flight from Los Angeles Intl to Sydney

flightaware.com

It looks like the actual first international arrival into SYD might turn out to be SQ221 from Singapore, which is estimated to arrive well before 6am. The odd thing is this flight has not operated as a passenger-carrying flight for a long while now as the usual double dailies are SQ231 and SQ211 (supplemented by SQ241 thrice weekly).

 

[PineappleSkip]

Looks like it
SQ221 ETA 5.05
QF12 ETA 5.14

 

[glasszon]

I am flying to Melbourne this week and the amount of paperwork and PCR test is crazy:
Australia travel declaration
Victoria international permit
PCR test 72 hours prior to the flight
PCR test 24 hours after arrival into MEL

 

[Must...Fly!]

Victoria international permit

For goodness sake are we still doing this rubbish? Bureaucracy looking out for itself.

More risk going out for dinner in Melbourne than Singapore but sure more tests. Does anyone calculate the damage to the environment from this stuff? Or is net zero to be achieved by happy thoughts alone.

 

[drron]

Israel becomes the one hundred and first country to allow entrance of double vaxxed sputnik tourists.

Israel joins 100 other countries in accepting the Sputnik V vaccine

Israel joins 100 other countries in accepting the Sputnik V vaccine | Official website vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V.

sputnikvaccine.com

Only 30 require some quarantine and 51 require a negative PCR or positive antibody test.
20 allow quarantine free admission without other testing.

 

[dajop]

It looks like the actual first international arrival into SYD might turn out to be SQ221 from Singapore, which is estimated to arrive well before 6am.

Doesn’t count as not a Qantas flight.

(Or more specifically SQ didn’t have the combined efforts of the Qantas and federal government PR machines promoting the flight to the lazy media)

 

[MARTINE]

Doesn’t count as not a Qantas flight.

(Or more specifically SQ didn’t have the combined efforts of the Qantas and federal government PR machines promoting the flight to the lazy media)

I love SQ and can’t wait to be on their aircraft

 

[Mattg]

Doesn’t count as not a Qantas flight.

(Or more specifically SQ didn’t have the combined efforts of the Qantas and federal government PR machines promoting the flight to the lazy media)

I can't believe we haven't seen a press release from Singapore Airlines yet about this! The Qantas PR machine would've been all over it

 

[henrus]

Using my crystal ball here, but to answer the thread title, I predict that international will resume today!

On a more serious note I'm surprised the first flights aren't full. QF12 (a 787) had just 53 pax onboard. SQ221 wasn't much better either.

 

[draper]

Somebody forget to inform the Travel Insurers. eg: Qantas International Travel Insurance not available.

 

[Croupier]

On a more serious note I'm surprised the first flights aren't full. QF12 (a 787) had just 53 pax onboard. SQ221 wasn't much better either.

Not surprising that Australians don’t want to return home anymore as they have more freedom when outside of Australia.

 

[levelnine]

On a more serious note I'm surprised the first flights aren't full. QF12 (a 787) had just 53 pax onboard. SQ221 wasn't much better either.

If you follow any of the Facebook groups for stranded Australians, Qantas' reputation has been absolutely trashed over the past 19 months as they abandoned international travel while airlines like Singapore and Qatar kept flying without interruption.

Indeed, Qantas just this week cancelled flights to Melbourne due to low patronage, showing that they are among the most unreliable airlines flying into Australia.

Stranded Australians are voting with their feet and picking more reliable airlines. Expect Singapore Airlines' passenger numbers to be through the roof. It doesn't help that Qantas is often more expensive than its competitors.

 

[henrus]

Stranded Australians are voting with their feet and picking more reliable airlines. Expect Singapore Airlines' passenger numbers to be through the roof. It doesn't help that Qantas is often more expensive than its competitors.

Both of Singapore airlines flights into Sydney today are less than half full. United's two services into SYD today were about 10% and 40% full (LAX and SFO). I don't think it's fair to say the other carriers are "through the roof".

Hopefully it'll change soon but given the number of people both wanting to return and people wanting to travel away I'm surprised flights aren't busier at first like they were with the trans tasman bubble.

 

[antycbr]

Both of Singapore airlines flights into Sydney today are less than half full. United's two services into SYD today were about 10% and 40% full (LAX and SFO). I don't think it's fair to say the other carriers are "through the roof".

Hopefully it'll change soon but given the number of people both wanting to return and people wanting to travel away I'm surprised flights aren't busier at first like they were with the trans tasman bubble.

Confidence will take some time to come back plus whole categories of travellers are still banned.

 

[levelnine]

Both of Singapore airlines flights into Sydney today are less than half full.

Plus two flights into MEL. And SQ will be 3 flights per day Th/Fr/Sa from this week.

 

[Lynda2475]

SQ221 ETA 5.05
QF12 ETA 5.14

Neither should have been landing at those time because that is during Curfew, 6am is supposed to be first landing.