Hyperdia, which most people used to look up Japanese transit options and timetables, discontinued showing the train timetables in April.It seems these are the remaining options:https://www.japan-guide.com/news/0057.html

Originally Posted by PERflyer Originally Posted by Ricky Not sure what Japan is playing at but my trip next week sure looks like a cancel unless they suddenly admit individual tourists. Anybody have any good inside info? I’m personally treating Japan like HKG for now and not expecting easy ...

Japan hit 10 million total cases yesterday. Their daily cases have been raising each day for the past 2 weeks. The newest daily figures are about the same as the peak of the last wave in Feb (~100k/day).The government is considering adding new measures but have thus far ruled out new restrictions...

I haven't seen/heard any new rumors about Japans border since they started the package tour thing.Everyone has been expecting that nothing will be considered with the election, which was this past weekend.They've delayed a domestic travel campaign with the local case loads starting to increase ag...

I would hope that any government or company that requires vaccine evidence will have an alternative way that doesn't rely on assuming that everyone will always have a working smart phone that is compatible with their chosen app.

Aren't most of the Qantas lounges operated by a local service company such as a hotel chain like Accor, with the only Qantas staff (or local ground handling company staff) being at the front desk?It would seem more likely that the contracts with Accor (etc) have expired and Qantas, given the curr...

I didn't get extended. I had already earnt my Aug 20-July 21 year by Nov 19.I'm currently sitting on 650SC after the bonus SC of half retain for current tier + 1 month of boost.The holiday I would have been having in Oct/Nov clearly isn't going to happen. I'm unlikely to be able to travel again u...

"Oneworld - obviously a competitive alliance advantage by having two (2) homegrown members in the USA. Star Alliance and SkyTeam only have one each."Both Star and Sky used to have 2 US members each, until they both merged with the domestic alliance partners. Oneworld never had a 2nd US based me...

Maybe the government should nationalize and merge both QF and VA to get them through this problem, then demerge and sell off in a few years once the industry has recovered.

Originally Posted by patrickk They will need the three 788s to cover for joburg as well. More work for the Dresden fit-out centre. I suspect the 788s will be for regional and so not have PE. Maybe 250-270 seats. If Qantas keeps not putting PE on mid-long haul aircraft (eg the A330 refit), then th...

QF can only get more HND slots if Japan releases more slots, and assigns them to Australia, or VA gives up and pulls out.There has been 3 HND international slot releases since the airport started taking long haul flights again for a total of 296 daily international slot pairs once the new slots b...

Originally Posted by GregXL The Qantas timetable shows 747s on all the current routes (Johannesburg, Santiago and Tokyo) plus Vancouver for the 2020 northern summer seasonals, yet the next 747 retirement is in February, reducing the fleet to just 5. Keeping capacity on Tokyo for the Olympics woul...

Originally Posted by Jedinak K Originally Posted by Himeno Originally Posted by Michael Kao My guess is that it's highly likely. After they shift the MEL flight to HND, they have one extra slot for NRT. Perfect for another SYD-NRT flight. They don't have "one extra slot for NRT". They have as man...

Originally Posted by Michael Kao My guess is that it's highly likely. After they shift the MEL flight to HND, they have one extra slot for NRT. Perfect for another SYD-NRT flight. They don't have "one extra slot for NRT". They have as many flights to NRT as the airport can accommodate. The only J...

Qantas used to operate trans Atlantic flights to London during the late 1960s.There are up to 31 flights a day between London airports and NY area airports. AA and BA operate a number of those. There is no reason for Qantas to add what would be 1 daily flight at most to that.