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Thai Airways shelves Brisbane, Perth flights; plans Melbourne return
Dec 10, 2020, 06:33 AMSadly a few international airlines have decided to pull the plug on Brisbane, Etihad, Royal Brunei, Thai AirAsia X and now Thai joins the list. Korean Air has also closed its Brisbane offices and let go all it's staff, Malaysia Airlines could join also. But there is alot of uncertainty at the mom...
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Qantas Sydney, Melbourne flights to Tokyo Haneda to start March 2020
Sep 18, 2019, 09:26 AMNH opening MEL-HND would be nice.
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Thai Airways dials back Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane flights
Sep 11, 2019, 09:12 AMUPDATE: Thai has since re-instated double daily services to Melbourne, effective 27 October. All other Australian routes remained unchanged.
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Qantas adds Airbus A321XLR to its fleet
Jun 19, 2019, 10:18 PMPR has used the A321NEO's on MEL-MNL, however I heard that demand was so great that they decided to just fly the A330's on the route.
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Malaysia Airlines: Perth flights to get Airbus A330 with lie-flat beds
Feb 26, 2019, 09:53 AMGreat to see MH increasing MEL flights to 17 weekly, the morning service is a big welcome.
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Hilton Melbourne Square Southbank to open 2023
Jan 15, 2019, 02:39 PMI wouldn't jump to conclusions just yet, Melbourne is a hot market at the moment for hotel groups, Marriott is opening several hotels in Melbourne under its different brands. Remember that Hilton use to have 3 properties in Melbourne, so having 2 in the city area is not unheard-of.
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St. Regis' first Australian hotel is coming to Melbourne in 2022
Aug 29, 2018, 08:57 PMI agree, though the Mandarin Oriental won't be too far from the St. Regis either, even the new W is located in a part of Collins St that is not too lively. The site of the Ritz Carlton is quite odd, though conveniently right opposite Southern Cross.But its good to see Melbourne finally attracting...
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Qantas, Air New Zealand codeshare alliance to take on Virgin Australia
Jun 01, 2018, 01:24 PMJust to break it down for everyone:- This partnership is not a JV, just a simple code-share (hence no need for ACCC to approve)- QF will code-share with NZ on its New Zealand domestic network- NZ will code-share with QF on its Australian domestic network- There will be no code-sharing nor co-oper...
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Perth Airport CEO: no direct ANA or JAL flights to Japan this year
May 07, 2018, 07:31 PMThat's correct, ANA has served Sydney since December 2015. Japanese airlines are quite conservative, it took Melbourne years to see JL add service.
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Virgin Australia aims for second Asian route by end of 2018
Nov 09, 2017, 08:36 PMMy money is on MEL-PVG, prime route for an Australian carrier to fly, SYD currently has three airlines with QF on that route, so it makes sense for VA to do it from MEL, and possibly build its Asian presence there. With HKG flights already, MEL already has a foot in the door, it would make sense ...
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Air Canada plans year-round Melbourne-Vancouver flights
Sep 01, 2017, 06:31 AM2 years on exactly (June 2018) from launching BNE, they are launching MEL, good on them!
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Qantas vs Virgin Australia: Airbus A330s on east-west flights
Aug 28, 2017, 04:44 PMWhat even is a VA A332 in BNE anymore😂?
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Qantas to launch year-round Sydney-Osaka flights
Jul 27, 2017, 03:20 PMI don't necessarily mean the BNE, MEL to Osaka route it will probably work but why not seasonally try a BNE-Phuket or something interesting
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Hainan Airlines plans Brisbane-Shenzhen flights
Jun 22, 2017, 06:58 AMCorrection: they do fly to PEK ... sorry. (Afloskar posted that last comment btw. Not Andy H
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Hainan Airlines plans Brisbane-Shenzhen flights
Jun 22, 2017, 06:55 AMYeh. They are starting SZX-BNE instead. They don't even fly to Beijing capital. The schedule is exactly the same.