Qantasā announcement that it will retire its remaining six Boeing 747 aircraft six months ahead of schedule, marks the end of the era of passenger flights on the jumbo jet. Qantas began flying 747 in 1971.
Bain Capital is set to become the new owner of Virgin Australia as Cyrus Capital Partners withdraws its bid for the airline.
Isnāt that interesting.
Bain Capital has agreed that theyāll purchase Virgin Australia.
Bain faces one final hurdle at the creditors meeting in August when it will be up against the bondholders.
Probably wise to avoid Pakistan International Airlines. It is suspected that 150 of their pilots cheated on their exams by having others sit the tests and are not qualified to fly, and that more broadly it is alleged that ā262 out of 860 Pakistani pilots had āfakeā licenses.ā
Have read many discussions which indicate VA is likely to be in better shape than Qantas at weathering an extended overseas travel ban considering the significantly reduced exposure that VA has in regards to overseas flying, especially since itās highly likely that the A330s will be returned to lessor and the B77Wās mothballed until international routes are viable again.
The CEO of Qantas, Alan Joyce, has said that the airlineās international flights will likely not resume until July 2021.
The Qantas announcement doesnāt rule out the possibility of flights between Australia, New Zealand and other countries in the ātrans-Tasman bubbleā.
Wondering if anyone can make any sense of this:
https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/travel-info/precautionary-measures/
Iāve got flights booked with Singapore Air in October for my honeymoon, which I obviously wonāt be able to go on now.
I booked these tickets in December before anyone even knew about COVID.
Checking that website it says if I booked after March 5, I could change my travel dates, but if I booked earlier (which I did, before COVID existed), I am not eligible for any change and will have to pay for any changes.
Where is the sense in that?
Weāve already lost $5k in accomodation and tours that we had booked for our honeymoon. The flights were $2k that we donāt seem to be eligible to any refunds for, and based on this policy, to cancel my flights that I wonāt be able to get on, the cancellation fee is another $1k.
Itās bizarre that you should have to lose money because you booked something the company now canāt deliver on.
If they canāt deliver, they need to refund. I wonder what loophole theyāre trying to use to refuse to refund.
Iām so over the media constantly posting clickbait articles like this saying that travel will be open to Australians in certain countries when our Government wonāt be allowing us to travel. They generally leave that point till the very end too.
It doesnāt help that our federal government has been extremely vague at at times contradictory about this particular point one week to the next. It is clear what they have in mind mainly based on the schedules of Qantas (who suddenly went from recommencing services in October to Mid-2021 last week), but thereās a very obvious reluctance of pointing towards any kind of date or if any theoretical travel bubble is even going to be possible.
Iāll be going to Canberra in late November for a family get together (uncleās 80th birthday).Hope my family and myself will be allowed to travel by thenš
I have credit from Jetstar that I canāt use because they donāt fly to Canberra,
will have to fly with Virgin or Qantas
Itās been so long since my last trip,canāt wait.Hope thereās a vaccine for this Covid-19 soon
Iāve got a week off in septmber (was supposed to be 2 - was originally going to London) and iām thinkng of getting the train from Brisbane to Sydney and spending time down there for a few days.
it all comes down to if the border re-opens and if the museums in sydney reopen
Iāve decided to fly from Brisbane to Sydney with Jetstar,maybe stay 1 night in Sydney,this way I can use my credit,and get on a coach to Canberra.Iāll do the same coming back.The trip from Sydney to Canberra by coach is about 3-4 hours from memory,it was last time I did this trip more than 20 years ago