Will Qantas Ever Fly To China Again?

[moa999]

By the end of 2026 when QF have a decent number of domestic 321XLRs and they've refurbed the 10 332s I suspect we may start to see some new routes, particularly as the 35Ks are also due.

But suspect China won't be top of the priority list.

 

[RooFlyer]

Yes if they can pay their staff Chinese wages, get Chinese rates to service their aircraft and Chinese prices on all their inputs so they can compete from a price perspective.

Clearly that won’t happen.

Could readily happen if Qantas formed a mainland China subsidiary and employed into it. They do that in many other cases.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

You will most likely just get conjecture.

Say what? On AFF? Surely you jest?

And here is me thinking AFF is the the home of fact, knowledge and topic expertise - I gotta get out more

 

[drron]

No-one here would have any real insight into when QF may resume those flights. You will most likely just get conjecture.

But AFFers are the absolute experts in conjecture.

 

[DC3]

And here is me thinking AFF is the the home of fact, knowledge and topic expertise - I gotta get out more

But AFFers are the absolute experts in conjecture.

Good advice for the OP, who is brave enough to dip a toe into the AFF water

 

[elanshin]

By the end of 2026 when QF have a decent number of domestic 321XLRs and they've refurbed the 10 332s I suspect we may start to see some new routes, particularly as the 35Ks are also due.

But suspect China won't be top of the priority list.

The main issue is that I want to say they would like a slice of the China pie, but the amount of work they need to do to get to it might be tough. You'd need to have Chinese apps, marketing campaign, flight attendents etc. But the market is still huge and still growing.

I suspect they'd rather get a more robust partnership for China going instead.

 

[jase05]

Food can be hit or miss. Its solidly in the average to just below average range. Service generally is also fine but it differs from airline to airline.

Had a few J flights with Xiamen and rate them far better than most QF international flights I’ve been on. From my experience Xiamen and Hainan have been better than the other Chinese carriers but been a while since I’ve been on the others. Keen to try China Southern out of ADL and see if their product has improved

 

[rbjhan]

Could readily happen if Qantas formed a mainland China subsidiary and employed into it. They do that in many other cases.

Thing is, your Chinese subsidiary might make money on paper, but with their capital control you can't actually transfer money out... Years ago I worked in a multinational company with this exact problem....all our intercompany accounts are meant to be settled with real cash not just a reconciliation, the Chinese ones never paid!

 

[p--and--t]

Chinese ones never paid!

Heard that before from multiple sources. Many big players worldwide players caught out.

 

[rbjhan]

Heard that before from multiple sources. Many big players worldwide players caught out.

Well yes if you google "profit repatriation from China" that's clearly not easy. I only looked after the intercompany accounts and they were a pain, don't want to know about profits!

I also know some normal people trying to transfer their personal savings to AU (post- migration) and having major difficulties.