Troubles in Noumea

[N860CR]

Qantas Tentatively Resumes Noumea Service From Nov 2024 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0400GMT 12JUL24 Qantas in Northern winter 2024/25 season intends to resume service to New Caledonia, with first Brisbane – Noumea flight available for reservation scheduled on 02NOV24 at earliest. The airline currently schedules 1 weekly flight with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. QF089

www.aeroroutes.com

Damn… things must be pretty bad

 

[madrooster]

Qantas Tentatively Resumes Noumea Service From Nov 2024 — AeroRoutes

Published at 0400GMT 12JUL24 Qantas in Northern winter 2024/25 season intends to resume service to New Caledonia, with first Brisbane – Noumea flight available for reservation scheduled on 02NOV24 at earliest. The airline currently schedules 1 weekly flight with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. QF089

www.aeroroutes.com

For BNE yes. SYD has a 1x weekly service filed from early August.

 

[henrus]

Damn… things must be pretty bad

To be fair Air Calin has also published a rather light schedule through to end of October.

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www.aircalin.com.au

 

[FlyboyAl]

Back in February we booked through Qantas BNE to Nou on oct 23 and nou to syd on nov 3.
E ticket has been issued when booked and paid.
Do I sit and wait for Qantas to call me or do I call them and hope the operator knows about the upcoming flights?????
Alan

 

[Austman]

Do I sit and wait for Qantas to call me or do I call them and hope the operator knows about the upcoming flights?????
Alan

I called Qantas and they knew about the situation and what the allowed options were.

But, according to the Qantas website, currently only tickets "issued on or before 27 June 2024, for travel until 31 August 2024" currently qualify for "flexibility, including a refund".

 

[FlyboyAl]

Thanks - I'm happy to sit on the fence as I truly want to go back to the island and spend some money there to support them.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

The French Army will solve the problem.

 

[henrus]

The French Army will solve the problem.

The problem is the way they're "solving" the problem isn't helping. As recent as Wednesday someone was killed by police:

French police kill alleged gunman amid continued unrest in New Caledonia

French police shot and killed an alleged gunman in New Caledonia on Wednesday, bringing the death toll from nearly two months of chaos in the French Pacific territory to 10. The unrest began over plans…

www.france24.com

It's two months today this has been going on and there doesn't seem to be any clear sign of things improving. It's been over a month since the mainland sent in the military for a fully blown police operation and it's really not clear what it achieved towards a resolution.

 

[DC3]

Back in February we booked through Qantas BNE to Nou on oct 23 and nou to syd on nov 3.

But what are the chances of getting Tavel Insurance?

 

[FlyboyAl]

Thats why I'll sit on the fence for a while longer - and it will depend a little on what Smart traveller says.
I have Samoa as a fall back but I'll wait and see what Qantas say.

 

[kamchatsky]

I wonder what happens to all the cruise lines in the upcoming season that stops over at New Caledonia (Noumea, Lifou etc)? Are the ships getting diverted to other countries or they simply stay on the sea and not dock?

 

[henrus]

But what are the chances of getting Tavel Insurance?

I doubt you'd find a single travel insurance provider that covers due to riots. Additionally because this is an ongoing situation (basically a known event) then even less coverage.

 

[toowongman]

Sorry for being MIA after the event. Our travel insurance covered the extra nights in the hotel and all our food claims - even without receipts, but not the extra days of rental car hire. However we bought the insurance before the troubles.

 

[DC3]

I doubt you'd find a single travel insurance provider that covers due to riots. Additionally because this is an ongoing situation (basically a known event) then even less coverage.

Last year I looked at maybe travelling to Noumea. Although, no travel insurance = no-go for me, anywhere, not just Noumea. So, that’s off the radar for this year I guess.

 

[love_the_life]

I wonder what happens to all the cruise lines in the upcoming season that stops over at New Caledonia (Noumea, Lifou etc)? Are the ships getting diverted to other countries or they simply stay on the sea and not dock?

Yes they have dropped Noumea from itineraries.

 

[Sharkmeister]

We are booked on a cruise for October and still have Noumea on our itinerary - we are also watching things closely

 

[AIRwin]

And I believe Air New Zealand have cancelled all flights for the next 4 months.

Air New Zealand Extends Noumea Booking Suspension to mid-Dec 2024 — AeroRoutes

Published at 1800GMT 18JUL24 Air New Zealand in the last few days continue to revise planned service resumption to New Caledonia. As of 18JUL24, first available flight for reservations on Auckland – Noumea route is now scheduled on 14DEC24 at earliest, instead of 28SEP24. This route is schedule

www.aeroroutes.com

 

[FlyboyAl]

I'm loosing hope of getting back this year, but I'll wait until the end of August to see what Qantas say.

 

[FlyboyAl]

YEEEEHAAAAA!!!!
Just got an email from Qantas confirming a flight change to Noumea.
We have moved from Oct 23 BNE-NOU to Oct 22 SYS-NOU.
I have checked with our travel insurance provider (RAA) and there are no issues with TA as there is no "do not travel" advice from smart Traveler.
I cant do much at present with Qantas due to the IT issues, but at this stage, it looks like we are going to go.
Qantas will need to change our booking ADL-BNE on the 23rd to ADL-SYD on the 22nd.
Feeling better about the whole thing now.