VA113

[Bizzee Travelling]

Hi all,

We’re on VA113 from Adelaide to Denpasar on 27/12. It was sold as a direct flight and has been since the service started on 14/12. I’ve just been advised our flight is stopping in DRE on the way up.
Anyone know why?

Merry Xmas all.

 

[AIRwin]

For similar reasons:

Virgin flights to Bali require technical stop in Darwin

Wonder why the inaugural SYD-DPS flight tomorrow has been cancelled and replaced by DRW-DPS with the same arrival time (which will then turn around to SYD):

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[Bizzee Travelling]

For similar reasons:

Virgin flights to Bali require technical stop in Darwin

Wonder why the inaugural SYD-DPS flight tomorrow has been cancelled and replaced by DRW-DPS with the same arrival time (which will then turn around to SYD):

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Hi all,

We’re on VA113 from Adelaide to Denpasar on 27/12. It was sold as a direct flight and has been since the service started on 14/12. I’ve just been advised our flight is stopping in DRE on the way up.
Anyone know why?

Merry Xmas all.

Hard to understand why they need a technical stop on 27/12 yet it’s been a direct non-stop service since 14/12?

 

[jpp42]

It was sold as a direct flight and has been since the service started on 14/12. I’ve just been advised our flight is stopping in DRE on the way up.

In the travel / airline industry, "direct" means that you don't need to change aircraft or flight number. The term you're thinking of is "nonstop" which means no stops at all. If the term "direct" was used, the stop in Darwin still meets the criteria.

This used to be a lot more common when "technical stops" were required for refueling in many places - for example flights to LAX from eastern Australia would often stop in places like Fiji or Hawaii and still be sold as direct.

Hard to understand why they need a technical stop on 27/12 yet it’s been a direct non-stop service since 14/12?

As per above, direct and nonstop are two different things with clear definitions. A direct flight can have a stop, nonstop doesn't.

 

[AIRwin]

Hard to understand why they need a technical stop on 27/12 yet it’s been a direct non-stop service since 14/12?

Heavier loads?

 

[Bizzee Travelling]

In the travel / airline industry, "direct" means that you don't need to change aircraft or flight number. The term you're thinking of is "nonstop" which means no stops at all. If the term "direct" was used, the stop in Darwin still meets the criteria.

This used to be a lot more common when "technical stops" were required for refueling in many places - for example flights to LAX from eastern Australia would often stop in places like Fiji or Hawaii and still be sold as direct.



As per above, direct and nonstop are two different things with clear definitions. A direct flight can have a stop, nonstop doesn't.

Thank you. It was sold as a non-stop flight. Last night it was non-stop but it looks like it goes via DRW tonight.

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Heavier loads?

Thank you.

 

[jpp42]

Given the situation this is really the better outcome, compared to what Qantas and Jetstar have done in similar circumstances- offloading pax and bags with no warning. Yes it's a slightly increased travel time but not enough to really impact your holiday. It requires extra planning effort and fees for the airline to do things this way, compared to just offloading you, so this is actually the best outcome to the consumer. As noted in the other thread, the reasons for this relate to alternate airport closures and are unplanned and outside the airline's control so it's not really false advertising - they thought they could operate them nonstop at the time of scheduling.

 

[Bizzee Travelling]

Given the situation this is really the better outcome, compared to what Qantas and Jetstar have done in similar circumstances- offloading pax and bags with no warning. Yes it's a slightly increased travel time but not enough to really impact your holiday. It requires extra planning effort and fees for the airline to do things this way, compared to just offloading you, so this is actually the best outcome to the consumer. As noted in the other thread, the reasons for this relate to alternate airport closures and are unplanned and outside the airline's control so it's not really false advertising - they thought they could operate them nonstop at the time of scheduling.

Thank you for your explanation. By the way I’m not complaining, just curious.