Qantas boss to outline big international shake-up

[Laurent Sanhard]

as of 2012 no more QF1 service through to London and QF29
these will stop @ Bangkok and BA will take the passengers through to London
BA15/16 increase the 777 service to a 747 like the old days to Singapore , BA 09/10 will only go to Bangkok from London and not through to Sydney
looks like the flying kangaroo is hopping mad , but these are tougth times for airlines

[Jaryd stock]

Didn't Boeing say that in no uncertain terms do they want there new aircraft (787-8/9) that are being delivered to Qantas to be painted up in LCC livery ie: Jetstar. I thought they said it's a premium aircraft for premium airlines first then LCC's..?

[Dave Dale]

Just reading some of the comments on the Qantas facebook page. It appears the new announcement is not very well received by the travelling public.

[Oliver Gigacz]

We have negotiated with Airbus to defer delivery of six of our 20 A380s by five to six years, so that numbers 15 through 20 will be delivered between 2018 and 2021, to line up with the retirement of the last B744ER aircraft in our fleet.

So only four A380 deliveries, before there is none for 6 to 9 years.

Of the four, two will be deliveried later this year (MSN063,074), while the other two (MSN091,102) will be delivered in Q3/Q4 2012. Delivery schedule of the final six, is of course TBA.

So this allow MEL/SYD-SIN-LHR and MEL/SYD-LAX to all go daily.

So BNE may not see QF A380 services for long while.

[Oliver Gigacz]

Just confirmed through Qantas, that the A320s will NOT be used on the Qantas mainline.

[Zac M]

I asked the same question of the twitter feed and got a different response :/. Australian Buisness Traveler is also reporting they will be used on QF Mainline.

[Luke A]

A message of to the Qantas pilots who plan to hold protests in light of the announcements today. And please in no way intended to cause a heated discussion in the thread, but an option to QF management to settle the situation. Give these pilots the books, lock them up in a room for as many days as they like, and ask them to balance the books with a break even or profit forecast for the next five years to ensure the airlines survival.

[Danfeng Qian]

For trip from Australia to China, I would prefer to transfer in Guangzhou/Hong Kong instead of Singapore. It could save at least two hours one way. Both China Southern and DragonAir offer more destinations and frequencies than any others.

[Matt_L]

Originally Posted by Luke A

A message of to the Qantas pilots who plan to hold protests in light of the announcements today. And please in no way intended to cause a heated discussion in the thread, but an option to QF management to settle the situation. Give these pilots the books, lock them up in a room for as many days as they like, and ask them to balance the books with a break even or profit forecast for the next five years to ensure the airlines survival.

Right.... so stuff up your whole workforce but the bosses and managers take no paycuts whatsoever, sounds fair right?

[Dave Dale]

To my cynical side, I thought it would have been a nice touch if Keven Rudd did a translation of Alan Joyce's media release into Cantonese. Since all this is about driving the last breaths of Qantas into Jetstar, I feel it's only fair our Asian friends fully understand how much Qantas loves them, in their own language... Hello Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Japan, Jetstar Vietnam, Jetstar New Zealand!

I received an email from Qantas frequent flyer today and it was titled, "There's a new Spirit". I felt it should have been titled, 有一种新的精神 (There's a new Spirit).

Cynical I know, but what gets me is Qantas has gone from calling Australia home, to Australia is mostly home less 1000 employees and hello Asia, our new home for everything other than the limping kangaroo.