V Australia or Qantas A380

[Darren Butterworth]

Bobby C - I fly weekly (mostly VB due to work's choice) and have been flying weekly since January 2006 and find the enthusiasm of the crew 'entertaining' as always. Mind you the Thursday night or Friday arvo crew seem a little more jolly (maybe it's the drinks I'm having on my way home).

Daz

[Philip Argy]

It's not necessarily a binary choice - for business I would probably go J class on the QF A380, but for personal/family travel V Australia is more likely to get a look in.

[Andrew M]

Originally Posted by Philip Argy

It's not necessarily a binary choice - for business I would probably go J class on the QF A380, but for personal/family travel V Australia is more likely to get a look in.

That is EXACTLY what will happen with the vast majority of travellers I would say. That may pose a problem for VA when it comes to filling up the front section of the plane. Easy enough to fill the back with discount Y!

I would love to know how the J and Y+ loads are going on these flights.

I was hoping for an introductory J sale but there has been nothing.

I assume that if no sale occurs by the end of September then the loads must be acceptable, as most people have locked in annual leave for Dec/Jan/Feb by now or indeed many months ago!

[D Chan]

Originally Posted by Shameel Kumar

Hehe, thanks for the heads-up Bob.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not under any illusions that the B77W is some revolutionary experience for passengers, or that V Australia will provide a new era of air travel... I know that ain't going to happen on either front.

I think the A380 will be in a league of its own once QF begins revenue service. Already a lot has been said about how quiet the bird is. The 77W is quiet indeed but I don't think it can compare with the A380 on the uppder deck, for example.

It would be awesome if QF gets the 77W but it's probably never going to happen (unless they get a good deal from Boeing as part of the 787 delay compensations - and even then I consider it not very likely). The 77W would be a good replacement for the 744 (less seats to sell as well)

[Grant Smith]

Originally Posted by D Chan

It would be awesome if QF gets the 77W..

For the sake of Shameel's keyboard I hope they don't

[Bruce Bramwell]

Originally Posted by Grant Smith

For the sake of Shameel's keyboard I hope they don't

Why not? they are 777's an inferior product to 767's

[Grant Smith]

Originally Posted by Bruce Bramwell

Why not? they are 777's an inferior product to 767's

http://www.yssyforum.net/board/showthread.php?t=1290

That's why Bruce...

[Bill S]

Originally Posted by Bruce Bramwell

Why not? they are 777's an inferior product to 767's

If that made any sense at all I'd agree with you.

[Shameel Kumar]

Originally Posted by Grant Smith

For the sake of Shameel's keyboard I hope they don't

Oh no you didn't just say what I think you said....

Hilarious one-liner mate!!

As for my keyboard... well, watcha gonna do. The poor bugga's hanging in there... for now anyways.

I guess I made it a bit toooooo obvious that I'm a fan of the 777-300ER. My bad!

Anyhoot, if QF were to get some 77Ws or 77Ls I'd actually be a bit annoyed at them, firstly because I'm more of a VA fan than QF fan so I'd be shouting 'copy cat!!' at QF... and also because QF was one of the airlines that helped Boeing develop the 777, only to not place a single order. Not nice! ... hehe, I'm just kidding! Any more 77W/L metal into SYD is music to my ears. Just a pity QF will never order 777s.

Ah well, QF's loss is VA's gain!