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Post by plazbot on Jul 1, 2022 0:26:43 GMT 8
The entire industry is stuffed. Let far too many people go with a misguided belief that they would just hire them back when things picked up again.
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Post by comfortablynumb on Jul 1, 2022 6:26:33 GMT 8
The entire industry is stuffed. Let far too many people go with a misguided belief that they would just hire them back when things picked up again. Exactly my thinking. At least they are admitting it now with their announcements at the airports, instead of lying & blaming something else as they have in the past. People found other jobs & decided they might get better treatment there than at the airlines so have not come back. Our trip back from Cairns via Jetstar then Qantas went quite smoothly however, other than the debacle with the new self-serve kiosks at Sydney airport. In the past, there have been several staff hanging around those things to help. Now, none. We nabbed a Qantas woman who was rushing past to somewhere else & she helped us with the bag tag, but could not help with the boarding passes and pointed us to a service desk with a sizable queue. Flying is a complete lottery now.
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Post by roxii on Jul 1, 2022 6:33:53 GMT 8
My Mrs is flying to NT tomorrow morning to trek Larapinta. We know the airport will be bedlam due to school holidays. She also cant afford for her bags to go missing for any length of time as she has a tight schedule (apparently happened to someone on last weeks trek) so she has reconfigured her luggage to only take carry ons.
Fingers crossed.
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Post by DropBear on Jul 1, 2022 7:38:43 GMT 8
My Mrs is flying to NT tomorrow morning to trek Larapinta. We know the airport will be bedlam due to school holidays. She also cant afford for her bags to go missing for any length of time as she has a tight schedule (apparently happened to someone on last weeks trek) so she has reconfigured her luggage to only take carry ons. Fingers crossed. Another Friday...Another crappy day for airline passengers across the country.
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Post by Peter on Jul 1, 2022 13:58:57 GMT 8
My Mrs is flying to NT tomorrow morning to trek Larapinta. We know the airport will be bedlam due to school holidays. She also cant afford for her bags to go missing for any length of time as she has a tight schedule (apparently happened to someone on last weeks trek) so she has reconfigured her luggage to only take carry ons. Fingers crossed. Smart. I can’t upload but so many pros are driving to races in North America. Can’t trust airlines
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Post by comfortablynumb on Jul 1, 2022 14:43:41 GMT 8
My Mrs is flying to NT tomorrow morning to trek Larapinta. We know the airport will be bedlam due to school holidays. She also cant afford for her bags to go missing for any length of time as she has a tight schedule (apparently happened to someone on last weeks trek) so she has reconfigured her luggage to only take carry ons. Fingers crossed. Yes, that's the best plan.
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Post by roxii on Jul 1, 2022 15:23:16 GMT 8
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Post by roxii on Jul 2, 2022 6:10:56 GMT 8
Well that was relatively painless and credit to Qantas where due. Sydney domestic has virgin and Jetstar in one terminal and Qantas have their own. The virgin/ Jetstar terminal was queued out the door at 6.30 am this morning. I dropped the wife at the Qantas terminal, she text me 10 mins later to say she was through to airside already.
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Post by Slunnie on Jul 3, 2022 5:12:04 GMT 8
Well that was relatively painless and credit to Qantas where due. Sydney domestic has virgin and Jetstar in one terminal and Qantas have their own. The virgin/ Jetstar terminal was queued out the door at 6.30 am this morning. I dropped the wife at the Qantas terminal, she text me 10 mins later to say she was through to airside already. Yep, I flew domestic from country NSW into Sydney and Qantas was as exceptionally fast and seamless as normal with their Dash8 and at both ends. The flight, plane, baggage and staff were all awesome, I really was very happy. Flew out internationally on a Qantas code share with Emirates and it is the first time I’ve been in an A380 and thought that this is an old POS plane and the connecting Emirates flight was only a little less crap with both Emirates planes having broken and narrow seats. It’ll be interesting to see what Qantas’ own A380 will be like coming back. I think internationally I’ll stick with Singapore and Qatar where possible.
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Post by plazbot on Jul 3, 2022 5:23:17 GMT 8
Well that was relatively painless and credit to Qantas where due. Sydney domestic has virgin and Jetstar in one terminal and Qantas have their own. The virgin/ Jetstar terminal was queued out the door at 6.30 am this morning. I dropped the wife at the Qantas terminal, she text me 10 mins later to say she was through to airside already. Yep, I flew domestic from country NSW into Sydney and Qantas was as exceptionally fast and seamless as normal with their Dash8 and at both ends. The flight, plane, baggage and staff were all awesome, I really was very happy. Flew out internationally on a Qantas code share with Emirates and it is the first time I’ve been in an A380 and thought that this is an old POS plane and the connecting Emirates flight was only a little less crap with both Emirates planes having broken and narrow seats. It’ll be interesting to see what Qantas’ own A380 will be like coming back. I think internationally I’ll stick with Singapore and Qatar where possible. Lol. If you think the qantas offering will be superior to Emirates you've got a wake up coming.
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Post by Slunnie on Jul 3, 2022 7:08:52 GMT 8
Yep, I flew domestic from country NSW into Sydney and Qantas was as exceptionally fast and seamless as normal with their Dash8 and at both ends. The flight, plane, baggage and staff were all awesome, I really was very happy. Flew out internationally on a Qantas code share with Emirates and it is the first time I’ve been in an A380 and thought that this is an old POS plane and the connecting Emirates flight was only a little less crap with both Emirates planes having broken and narrow seats. It’ll be interesting to see what Qantas’ own A380 will be like coming back. I think internationally I’ll stick with Singapore and Qatar where possible. Lol. If you think the qantas offering will be superior to Emirates you've got a wake up coming. Great, I was pretty underwhelmed with Emirates.
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Post by Cape_Horn on Jul 7, 2022 7:56:20 GMT 8
Which is fine if your phone actually provides an electronic boarding pass - which many peoples including ours did not, something to do with our 1st flight being Jetstar (with desk check in at Cairns), hence the 2nd flight with Qantas is also desk check in. Of if like many elderly people they have an old phone or no phone. No doubt some propeller head set up the new system without fully testing it. The old system worked perfectly. No. That propeller head would have tested their system. The concept that some people may not have and/or use a mobile phone is probably so foreign to them that they never considered the possibility. At a Bank I was once employed by (which shall remain nameless), I was involved in the CRM side of things. One day we got a request to make Mobile Number a mandatory field that a number had to be entered into. For some reason, the person who made this request just couldn't get their head around the fact that some people didn't actually have a mobile phone and/or didn't want to give the number to the bank. Same person couldn't comprehend that some people wouldn't/couldn't do internet banking...because they didn't own a computer or didn't trust that interwebby thing. So one of the guys I worked with doesn't have a mobile phone. He lives in rural NSW, and there is no mobile phone coverage within 5km of his property. So in his words - why bother having a phone? He went to ServicesNSW to update his car rego, and was stopped at the door - "Show your vaccination passport, or no entry" - he pulled out the printed paper. "Oh, you need to show me on your phone" The security guard couldn't get it round his head that there are places that don't have phone coverage...
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Post by Cape_Horn on Jul 7, 2022 7:59:58 GMT 8
I think this is one of the reasons I don't mind when our next flight will be. CBR -> PER at the end of Nov, and back start of Dec after IMWA, direct flights, so the bike doesn't get lost on layovers etc. (well, here's hoping they don't cancel that flight and stick us on a 2legger each way) So we miss the school holidays Yup, missing any key holiday dates is essential. More than slightly normal numbers at the major airports and the system sh!ts itself. Flying back from Port Douglas to Armidale tomorrow. Fingers are crossed it goes as well as the flights up here. BHugger. First notification. We now are flying via Sydney with a 2 hour stopover.
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Post by comfortablynumb on Jul 8, 2022 8:57:35 GMT 8
Anyone remember when flying used to be far more relaxing than driving?
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Post by DropBear on Jul 8, 2022 9:02:21 GMT 8
Anyone remember when flying used to be far more relaxing than driving? Nope. I've always preferred driving. Except for driving through Sydney. I hate driving through Sydney. Just sometimes due to time constraints its not a feasible option to drive so I have to fly.
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Post by roxii on Jul 8, 2022 9:25:21 GMT 8
Anyone remember when flying used to be far more relaxing than driving? Nope. I've always preferred driving. Except for driving through Sydney. I hate driving through Sydney. Just sometimes due to time constraints its not a feasible option to drive so I have to fly. Yeah I prefer to drive too. Sydney to Gold Coast is a doddle these days. Even better when the family flies and I get to drive on my own.
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Post by catlady on Jul 8, 2022 11:07:47 GMT 8
Just received notification from Singapore Airlines that the Cairns to Rome leg has been moved from Sunday to the day before, Saturday. Not an issue. However the Brisbane to Cairns leg remains unchanged on the Sunday. Anyone got a TARDIS so we make the connection.....
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Post by gregb on Jul 8, 2022 12:17:17 GMT 8
Dunno whether to laugh or cry at that. Sorry, got nothing particularly helpful.
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Post by comfortablynumb on Jul 8, 2022 18:25:02 GMT 8
Just received notification from Singapore Airlines that the Cairns to Rome leg has been moved from Sunday to the day before, Saturday. Not an issue. However the Brisbane to Cairns leg remains unchanged on the Sunday. Anyone got a TARDIS so we make the connection..... Qld is 10yrs behind the rest of the country, so you should be fine.....though I hope you have some airline lounge membership as it will be a long wait.
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Post by DropBear on Jul 10, 2022 13:43:44 GMT 8
The Koala Bear and the youngest cub flew Brisvegas to Sidanee this morning on Virgin and only arrived 20 minutes late. You'd almost consider that a win at the moment.
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Post by DropBear on Jul 12, 2022 5:42:17 GMT 8
For those interested here are the May figures for airline on time arrivals/departures and cancellations www.bitre.gov.au/statistics/aviation/otp_monthApparently the June figures will be released today and suggests (to the surprise of nobody) that both QANTAs and Virgin on time arrivals and departures have dropped to 44% and 43%.
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Post by comfortablynumb on Jul 12, 2022 8:37:11 GMT 8
Yup, our route from Armidale to Sydney has always been sh!t even before Covid. And there are FA flights per day!
"Cancellations were highest on the Sydney-Melbourne route at 16.5 per cent, followed by the Melbourne-Sydney route at 16.2 per cent, the Launceston-Melbourne route at 12.0 per cent, the Melbourne-Launceston route at 11.3 per cent and the Armidale-Sydney route at 9.4 per cent."
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Post by Cape_Horn on Jul 12, 2022 14:00:30 GMT 8
Just received notification from Singapore Airlines that the Cairns to Rome leg has been moved from Sunday to the day before, Saturday. Not an issue. However the Brisbane to Cairns leg remains unchanged on the Sunday. Anyone got a TARDIS so we make the connection..... Yep. Had this before (A few years ago). Connection flight got moved later, and the final flight wasn't moved. So I called the airline, and the person on the other end didn't understand the problem "Oh, rescheduled flight is normal, and we apologise for any inconvenience" Yes, I understand this, I need you to fix the connecting flight "But that flight isn't affected - we don't need to move that flight as the original flight is still scheduled at its normal time" Well yes, but the flight you moved me takes lands 20mins after my next flight leaves...
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Post by Slunnie on Jul 18, 2022 17:58:21 GMT 8
Yep, I flew domestic from country NSW into Sydney and Qantas was as exceptionally fast and seamless as normal with their Dash8 and at both ends. The flight, plane, baggage and staff were all awesome, I really was very happy. Flew out internationally on a Qantas code share with Emirates and it is the first time I’ve been in an A380 and thought that this is an old POS plane and the connecting Emirates flight was only a little less crap with both Emirates planes having broken and narrow seats. It’ll be interesting to see what Qantas’ own A380 will be like coming back. I think internationally I’ll stick with Singapore and Qatar where possible. Lol. If you think the qantas offering will be superior to Emirates you've got a wake up coming. I was really unimpressed with Emirates, the planes are old, crap and broken and my cabin crew were crap. 2 flights, 2 broken seats and to move into a working seat they wanted to charge me the difference as it was an extra legroom seat. Really, they can go and **** themselves. Qantas, they were perfect. The plane also felt old to me but everything worked and the cabin crew were absolutely outstanding. They’re getting loads of bad media, but I am really happy domestically, and internationally the QF2 Heathrow-Sydney direct flight was really well run and the plane well maintained. British Airways, were fine. It was only.a 1hr flight so probably shouldn’t have been surprised there was not inflight entertainment. That flight ran 1.5hrs late and a lot of people missed their connection flights. LoganAir were fine for domestic. Cranky cabin crew one way, and an absolute laugh on the return. My preference is still Qatar and Singapore Airlines. Oh and all of the Heathrow issues going on, we didn’t have any problems there (or anywhere) with baggage however one of the transfer staff messed up a lot of people by not letting them (us!) through to Terminal 5 where we needed to go.
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Post by ifoz on Jul 25, 2022 11:21:58 GMT 8
We had two and half weeks in the UK at the end of June. Flew Qantas/Finnair business class. Outbound: Reading the headlines enroute we saw Heathrow had a terminal full of baggage disconnected from their owners and got a little worried about our arrival in Heathrow. It was a non issue. Cleared immigration and customs in a jiffy and our bags arrived three minutes after we arrived at the carousel.
Coming home our woes started at Sydney airport. Baggage took 45 minutes to arrive. The domestic transfer queue went all the way back to the arrivals hall. Though we could bypass most of it direct to the business class queue. We missed our connection to find out all flights back to Brisbane were full for the next three days. The hostie got us on a Port Macquarie hop to Brisbane fortunately, and we still got home on the same day, with our baggage. Very grateful for that, though the Dash-8 was hardly a business class experience. (First world problems).
The new Finnair business class is far superior to Qantas, which is starting to look a little tired. All our tight international connections through Helsinki and Singapore worked smoothly, until Sydney.
I'm a little concerned about having to get to and home from Kona via Sydney with my bike. I hope Sydney Airport gets their act together by September.
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Post by DropBear on Jul 25, 2022 12:04:36 GMT 8
Coming home our woes started at Sydney airport. Baggage took 45 minutes to arrive. The domestic transfer queue went all the way back to the arrivals hall. Though we could bypass most of it direct to the business class queue. We missed our connection to find out all flights back to Brisbane were full for the next three days. The hostie got us on a Port Macquarie hop to Brisbane fortunately, and we still got home on the same day, with our baggage. Very grateful for that, though the Dash-8 was hardly a business class experience. (First world problems). Describes our flight back from New York in 2019 (so before covid). Plane actually arrived in Sydney 15 minutes early. And then it all went downhill from there. Huge wait for luggage which finally arrived 30 minutes AFTER our connecting flight to Brisvegas had departed. Followed by another hour in the customs queue followed by another hour (plus some) in the transfer queue, followed by a 5 hour wait at the domestic terminal for a plane that was still delayed another 30 minutes. Finally got home 12 hours after we were supposed to after travelling for nearly 40 hours. So anybody who says this is all Covid related is kidding themselves.
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Post by roxii on Jul 25, 2022 12:17:20 GMT 8
Coming home our woes started at Sydney airport. Baggage took 45 minutes to arrive. The domestic transfer queue went all the way back to the arrivals hall. Though we could bypass most of it direct to the business class queue. We missed our connection to find out all flights back to Brisbane were full for the next three days. The hostie got us on a Port Macquarie hop to Brisbane fortunately, and we still got home on the same day, with our baggage. Very grateful for that, though the Dash-8 was hardly a business class experience. (First world problems). Describes our flight back from New York in 2019 (so before covid). Plane actually arrived in Sydney 15 minutes early. And then it all went downhill from there. Huge wait for luggage which finally arrived 30 minutes AFTER our connecting flight to Brisvegas had departed. Followed by another hour in the customs queue followed by another hour (plus some) in the transfer queue, followed by a 5 hour wait at the domestic terminal for a plane that was still delayed another 30 minutes. Finally got home 12 hours after we were supposed to after travelling for nearly 40 hours. So anybody who says this is all Covid related is kidding themselves. Best one I have encountered was landing in Harare (Zimbabwe) to get a connecting flight to Victoria Falls, when we got there the plane had left early. The staff said they had "enough people" already so they left. It was also their last flight for the day.
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Post by chris on Jul 25, 2022 18:13:11 GMT 8
Flew to Barcelona from Perth 2 weeks ago heading home this Saturday
Excellent flights and service
Oh the qsuite on Qatar is next level just call it first class
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Post by Cape_Horn on Jul 26, 2022 12:24:39 GMT 8
Describes our flight back from New York in 2019 (so before covid). Plane actually arrived in Sydney 15 minutes early. And then it all went downhill from there. Huge wait for luggage which finally arrived 30 minutes AFTER our connecting flight to Brisvegas had departed. Followed by another hour in the customs queue followed by another hour (plus some) in the transfer queue, followed by a 5 hour wait at the domestic terminal for a plane that was still delayed another 30 minutes. Finally got home 12 hours after we were supposed to after travelling for nearly 40 hours. So anybody who says this is all Covid related is kidding themselves. Best one I have encountered was landing in Harare (Zimbabwe) to get a connecting flight to Victoria Falls, when we got there the plane had left early. The staff said they had "enough people" already so they left. It was also their last flight for the day. I know of someone flying back to Australia from somewhere (indonesia, I think) on Tiger. They were told they should get to the airport early, they rocked up at 10am for a 4pm ish flight. To be told "Your flight left last night around 8pm" - No refund, as they missed the flight.
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Post by Peter on Jul 27, 2022 8:33:54 GMT 8
Bullsh!t. thats what they told you. No way that happened
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