AKL PER route
Nov 29, 2015, 5:33 am
#1
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AKL PER route
Flew NZ to Perth on Friday; will be flying them home this coming Friday.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
Nov 29, 2015, 5:39 am
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You are aware that particular plane also serves AKL-SIN, AKL-NRT and AKL-PVG right? Shifting the times by 3 hours would very likely have an impact on operational requirements (maintenance, etc) considering the amount of runs that plane does.
Nov 29, 2015, 10:35 am
#3
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By this time next year they will have 9x 789s in the fleet
Nov 29, 2015, 12:22 pm
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Flew NZ to Perth on Friday; will be flying them home this coming Friday.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
Nov 29, 2015, 1:38 pm
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Nov 29, 2015, 3:20 pm
#6
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No, I meant literally that registration. That specific plane. It serves all of those four routes.
You can catch a 789 to Sydney now huh? I might have to transit next time I cross the ditch.
Nov 29, 2015, 7:43 pm
#8
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Flew NZ to Perth on Friday; will be flying them home this coming Friday.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
787 is a great plane and the Y+ was excellent: nice leg rests, good screen size, power point and USB port. Really nice for the 7 hour flight. However, the arrival time was dreadful: 5pm local time, which means trying to get from the airport to the CBD during peak traffic. Nearly doubled the taxi fare because of mind-numbing traffic.
Return flight will leave Perth at 650PM and arrive at AKL around 6AM. Which is 1am Perth time. Shifting both flights by 3 hours would still connect with ZA's JNB flight and arrive at a less painful time in AKL.
Re changing the flight times, as others have pointed out, this assumes the plane is free at those times.
Nov 30, 2015, 1:30 am
#9
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NZ175 is changing to
AKL 1055 PER 1325
in a couple of weeks to better connect from North & South America, as well as the addition of a 3 weekly 767 to better connect in the opposite direction.
AKL 1855 PER 2135
PER 0615 AKL 1735
AKL 1055 PER 1325
in a couple of weeks to better connect from North & South America, as well as the addition of a 3 weekly 767 to better connect in the opposite direction.
AKL 1855 PER 2135
PER 0615 AKL 1735
Nov 30, 2015, 4:44 am
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