DELTA to start LA - Sydney from July 2009

[Jack B]

Qantas has had some very interesting destinations, including Serbia and Harare

They also had flights to Paris and Rome up until around 5 years ago, I believe

[Tim C]

Originally Posted by Jack Brownbill

Qantas has had some very interesting destinations, including Serbia and Harare

They also had flights to Paris and Rome up until around 5 years ago, I believe

Indeed they did, We all remember the famous QF 743 incident @ FCO.

[Radi K]

Originally Posted by NickN

I have always wondered why Qantas doesn't operate a service to Italy. We have a huge population of Italian families here plus it would be a popular destination for outbound tourism and I am sure Italians would love to come to Australia for holidays. Any reason Qantas don't fly there?

Also add maybe France to that list as well.

One big reason apart from demand is that the Greeks, Italians etc are cheap skates! (don't worry I have authority on the subject ) They want the cheapest ticket to get from a-b. They won't buy Biz or 1st class tix.

Economics 101, Airlines make money from the pointy end, not a full Y class.

[Mike W]

Originally Posted by NickN

I have always wondered why Qantas doesn't operate a service to Italy. We have a huge population of Italian families here plus it would be a popular destination for outbound tourism and I am sure Italians would love to come to Australia for holidays. Any reason Qantas don't fly there?

Also add maybe France to that list as well.

I know for a fact they used to (or their aircraft did) as I saw an example there (742 I think from memory) back in 1989 as I exited a CX flight in Rome from Hong Kong.

[NickN]

Using that ethic, QF should start services to Beirut as well?

The Lebanese would have to be one of the smaller ethnic groups and at present getting there isn't all that bad everything considered. I would have thought Italy or France would be more popular thats all.

Just a question, if someone wanted to fly to Paris or Rome what route/stopovers would they have to make, and how many hours are the flights?

[Daniel F]

Originally Posted by NickN

Just a question, if someone wanted to fly to Paris or Rome what route/stopovers would they have to make, and how many hours are the flights?

If flying Qantas, to Paris would be 1 stop (plus 1 tech stop in Asia) in London then onto Paris on a BA-operated codeshare.

To Rome, 1 stop in Hong Kong then onto Rome on a Cathay Pacific-operated codeshare.

[Mike W]

Couldn't you do something similar with Paris as with Rome. Doesn't CX fly into Paris as well?

[Daniel F]

Actually, yes, Qantas has a codeshare with Air France so its possible to do a one-stop via HK or Singapore.

(Btw, I am only considering Qantas options since the thread was discussing why Qantas doesn't fly to those destinations. Most of the Asian carriers provide a one-stop servicde to most cities in Europe from Australia)

[Mike W]

I thought you may be, that's why I asked about CX and if they go to Paris as you used them as an example for Rome via code share.

[NickN]

Thanks for the info guys I appreciate it. I was thinking to myself there had to be a quicker way to Rome other than via Heathrow. Same as for Paris.