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South African Airways restarts non-stop Perth to Johannesburg
Apr 26, 2024, 06:13 AMAnd it is the only A340 in the SAA fleet, which will make reliability challenging. There has been lots of talk about additional long range aircraft, but the future seems unclear after the recent collapse of the long drawn out Takatso privatisation deal.Good luck SAA.
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Qantas says it won’t let dogs, cats fly in the cabin
Mar 11, 2024, 05:27 PMYears ago, when smoking was allowed on board commercial aircraft, there were designated non-smoking rows and designated smoking-permitted rows. It seems that VA is aiming for that kind of segregation. Clearly, there are going to be economy rows designated for pets. Will there a...
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Virgin Australia Boeing 737 business class guide: seats, lounges
Feb 08, 2024, 08:49 AMI think that one important point was overlooked regarding lounges. From VA website:International Lounge access when travelling on an international Virgin Australia operated flightVirgin Australia do not currently operate any international lounges at any international departure port. *If you...
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Turkish Airlines begins Melbourne-Istanbul flights
Jan 31, 2024, 08:03 AMSo unless I have misread this (and its not 1 April) we are talking about three different aircraft types (777, 787 and A350) with three different configurations and seat products all within the first four weeks of startup ? Incredible planning.
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Singapore Airlines unlocks free WiFi for all passengers
Jun 11, 2023, 06:08 AMI think it is safe to conclude that this project has been a successful recruitment drive by the KrisFlyer marketing team.
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Qantas confirms flights from new Western Sydney airport
Jun 08, 2023, 03:03 PMWell spotted Patrickk; you beat me to it. What a great idea - wind turbines should be installed to line every runway in the country ! Sadly, the 10MP layout drawing on the WSI website shows them to be located in the "Glide Path Critical Area".
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Singapore Airlines unlocks free WiFi for all passengers
May 31, 2023, 05:53 PMSuggestion: Please change the headline: "Singapore Airlines unlocks free WiFi for all passengers". It appears to only be the case for KF pax.
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Qantas to fly Finnair’s amazing new business class
May 19, 2023, 04:30 PMRisky move for QF. Leasing in an inferior product to your own product highlights your superiority. Leasing in a much better product highlights your shortfalls.
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Review: Singapore Airlines Boeing 737 MAX business class
Jul 15, 2022, 04:36 PMIts called a "Boeing 737-8 MAX" on SQ's Flight Schedule page of the website.
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Five things to watch for in Bain's new Virgin Australia 2.0
Jul 08, 2020, 04:32 PM"Broadly speaking, Bain will generally embrace and accelerate the pre-pandemic plan of Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah, which he's often described as “turning a great airline into great business." I presume that Mr Scurrah is aware that Rod Eddington stated at the National Aviation Press...
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UK proposes quarantine-free travel for Australia
Jun 28, 2020, 05:55 PMFrom yesterday's Weekend Australian - deaths per million population - UK: 638 Australia: 4 Both are island nations with advanced health systems.
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Virgin Australia cancels all overseas flights, bookings to August 9
May 28, 2020, 11:55 AM"Lead administrator Vaughan Strawbridge of Deloitte has observed that these credits are all about preserving “as much goodwill associated with the Virgin brand and business as possible for a buyer.”" It seems to me that VA is doing its best to trash that goodwill. Travelled yesterday ...
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Virgin Australia's $150m loan from Velocity "an investment"
Apr 30, 2020, 11:58 AMThanks mickeyg; enjoyed that !!
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Richard Branson seeks cash splash to rescue Virgin Atlantic
Apr 26, 2020, 03:56 PMSo effectively Virgin Atlantic is competing with Virgin Australia, in the same timeframe, for new owners. Houlihan Lokey is advising both parties. In one way that may be seen as a conflict of interest. But perhaps it could be the only means to facilitate a mega deal and bring in a new investo...
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Finding a buyer for Virgin Australia is a job worth $30 million
Apr 25, 2020, 02:53 PMI can't find it in the affadavit. Please advise the clause number.
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