Tokyo Haneda slot - how will Virgin Operate it?

[AustraliaPoochie]

OffT, Citizens of Japan, when they have done their 3 months stint in Aust on a WHV, can stay a 2nd year, they are allowed to leave and reenter Aust, some do stay on for the 2nd year, but for those who are doing farm work up in Northern Qld, and want to go back up to Japan and return, the direct Virgin Aust flight up to HND would suit them.
OnT.

 

[Quickstatus]

Most Passengers are not thinking like a Pilot

Just look at all the airline blogs/vlogs/reviews -they are all about the checkin, boarding, seat features, toilet features, catering, in flight entertainment, price
Very rare about airline safety...

 

[Quickstatus]

Exactly, the likes of

EK as well. EK207 / EK131 anyone?
Do passengers really care when pilots complain about fatigue?

I don't even think a perfect safety record is a prediction of the future either...

 

[Saab34]

Do passengers really care when pilots complain about fatigue?

Price is king for Australian passengers. Safety last.

I am the other way around. (on the topic of EK, they have had some problems too in recent years not sure if they have cleaned up some training issues they are reported to have internally)

 

[Quickstatus]

Safety last.

However, It's hard to really know. How do consumers define "safe"? . Generally, the lack of incidents is a good idea and likely the only guide . In reality though, for the average consumer, the difference between safe and unsafe is a disaster. Up until the disaster, everything is safe. One of the problems with a lack of incidents is that it can lead the organisation to assume that what they are doing must be OK, and they rest on their laurels and become complacent and don't continually re-evaluate practices.

It is very easy to make correction after a disaster. Very difficult to do the same before a disaster.

 

[henrus]

Don't know if it's been mentioned before but looks like no VA lounge access anywhere on the Japan flights.

On this page it clearly mentions under Japan that lounge access is not included but for all other short haul destinations it is.

International short haul & trans-tasman

www.virginaustralia.com

Seems quite poor they can't at the very least sort something out with ANA in Haneda.

 

[SYD]

Seems quite poor they can't at the very least sort something out with ANA in Haneda.

Their lounges are probably standing room only already….

ANA All Nippon Airways Has A Severe Elite Passenger Problem And It Shows In Overcrowding

ANA suffers from overcrowding of their Priority Services.

loyaltylobby.com

 

[Mattg]

Does anyone know which Velocity status credit earn table applies to domestic sectors flown as part of a VA itinerary to/from Tokyo?

(E.g. PER-MEL-CNS-HND - how many status credits do you get for PER-MEL and MEL-CNS?)

 

[jase05]

Does anyone know which Velocity status credit earn table applies to domestic sectors flown as part of a VA itinerary to/from Tokyo?

(E.g. PER-MEL-CNS-HND - how many status credits do you get for PER-MEL and MEL-CNS?)

They earn at the same rate as a domestic trip

 

[Mattg]

They earn at the same rate as a domestic trip

Do you know where it says this on the Velocity website?

According to this page, that would be the case for domestic flights connecting to trans-Tasman or international short-haul flights. Japan is not listed as an international short-haul destination.

 

[jase05]

Do you know where it says this on the Velocity website?

According to this page, that would be the case for domestic flights connecting to trans-Tasman or international short-haul flights. Japan is not listed as an international short-haul destination.

Sorry, I should have stated that it was the information I was provided via phone to the Platinum line. I should know better than to take their word as gospel

 

[AIRwin]

Apart from WestJet facing recent problems with their WBs, the other example would be Norwegian Air Shuttle expanding into 789s. Overexpansion as a LCC WB didn't end too well.

Two Boeing 787 Dreamliners are already being scrapped

If you're in the market for a pair of lightly used widebody aircraft, you better head to Scotland fast and put in an offer — before two Boeing 787-8s formerly flying for Norwegian Air Shuttle get stripped for parts.

amp.cnn.com

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Now, if JH was smart, she would jump onto that, ASAP.

 

[HS-TQE]

Now, if JH was smart, she would jump onto that, ASAP.

Reportedly were the hangar queens of Norwegian's fleet and were one of the earlier 787-9 stocks.
Not surprised those two are earmarked for parting out. Can't see JH or anyone else from struggling airlines willing to buy/pay the lease on those units.

The only potential buyers for those two birds is if cash rich airlines such as QR were interested (Similar to how QR spent the $$$ in maintenance to get the old VA 77Ws up to scratch for their short/medium haul services out of Doha).

 

[Sprucegoose]

Now, if JH was smart, she would jump onto that, ASAP.

Were you Sir Peter Ables's advisor in a past life by some serendipitous means?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

No, he was before my time, before I was even a FF member of GlobalRewards, edit: as in the FF program of the former Ansett ).(RIP)
Edit: turns out that the GlobalRewards (name) has been taken over by other organisations, ... so I will put a line through the above.

 

[Sprucegoose]

No, he was before my time, before I was even a FF member of GlobalRewards (RIP).

Of course....your advice to JH echoed Sir Peters actions of buying Airbus 320s at the Paris Air Show sans prior consultations.


It doesn't matter what generation you move with it appears the mistakes are the same.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Reading up on Ansett's history, yes, I can see that Sir Peter was very ostantasious, wanting gold covered ash trays, etc.

 

[HS-TQE]

Also the 3-crew operation on Ansett's initial order of 5x 767-200s, when everyone else ordered the standard 2-crew configuration.

 

[PERLHR]

I know (I guess) I can work it out from a credit calculator, but why oh why can't the Virgin booking portal specify the credits and points earned when trying to consider booking PER-BNE-HND.Seems amateurish tbh.