orbitmic

Many airlines do or have done dual Oz destination flights, I've been myself on such flights with the likes of CI and KE and they'd disembark all continuing passengers in the international area including in the lounge until it was time to reboard

wijibintheair

Yes I can fully understand if they were carrying domestic passengers. However, as the article states:

"And before you ask, Qatar won't be able to sell the leg between Sydney and Canberra for domestic flights"

So, it will only be the passengers on the international flights. With a 1 hour layover, to get all existing passengers off the plane would take 15 - 20 minutes at least, and boarding would be 30 minutes prior to departure at least, it seems counter intuitive to do so.

However, as orbitmic says it has been the case with other carriers, so maybe it is a legal requirement. It is just the first time I have seen it happen. Other flights like CPT-JNB-DOH or JNB-DKR-JFK or IST-GRU-EZE through passengers stay on board.

orbitmic

In fairness in my experience in Oz it actually goes quite quickly. Also note that if I remember correctly, unfortunately, it means taking all hand luggage and going through security before anything else. On the plus side, QF lounges are great and have fabulous espresso so eligible pax will certainly enjoy that little treat!

lokijuh

In Australia it is fairly simple process. The flight SYD-CBR is treated as an international flight, and goes between international terminals. Customs/Quarantine and Immigration clearance is done at final destination (and immigration outbound at initial port). As pointed out by other posters, passengers are required disembark and pass through security again, although as Australia is generally an end of line destination (except for NZ/SWP connections), the security for intl-intl transfers tends to be very quick.

Foreign airlines do not have rights to sell domestic tag sectors (not sure if they can even sell stopovers on the same service, ie. DOH-SYD, SYD-CBR, CBR-DOH). However Australian airlines do have the ability to sell purely domestic journeys on tag flights, so you do get mixing of domestic and international passengers.

Jetstar do so now and Qantas have done in the past, and will do again soon when they commence MEL-PER-LHR services. Passengers booking domestically are rewarded with a "D" sticker on their boarding pass and do need to present that and appropriate photo ID at immigration in both directions, and also can potentially have their bags x-rayed for customs & quarantine purposes. (nb: it is not uncommon for Qantas Platinums to have a "day out" by purchasing a cheap jetstar fare, then accessing QF first lounge for a few hours, taking flight before returning home on normal domestic flight although these sort of tags are becoming much rarer now).

lazarus89

Is LAS-DOH still happening, or is Al Baker just jerking us around again?

remdk

lazarus89 according to the Wiki at the top of this page, which I assume you have read, DOH-LAS starts 8th January 2018.

Downunderdesert

LAS will not be happening. There are zero plans to ever start this route. SFO on the horizon and then not until 2019 until the next US route comes online.

lazarus89

I would assume that flights that are less than six months out would be bookable. This isn't actually the case, so color me skeptical.

I'm really confused about why they keep on bringing this route up if they have no intention of flying it. I'm assuming they're trying to keep someone off balance, but *who* that someone could be is beyond me.

remdk

lazarus89 I think you, quite understandably, are being a little unfair to QR in this matter.
The lists of new routes are intentions not firm dates. Sometimes they never happen!

For example 4-5 years ago QR quietly launched HEL but cancelled it due to lack of aircraft after they started taking reservations.
LIS is not on the list for this year even though it has appeared four or five timed previously!

Look at the problems QR created for themselves and their customers by delaying the start of AKL flights after they had started making reservations.

QR seem to have learnt their lesson from AKL and HEL and will no longer schedule a new route until they are certain they can operate it.

You could be right that QR are trying to confuse someone but I think that for once QR have learned a lesson and are trying to avoid further disasters such as AKL and HEL.

miro776

Qatar Airways yesterday (09AUG17) opened reservation for its new service on Doha – Sarajevo route, set to commence on 31OCT17. The oneWorld member will be operating this route 4 times a week, on board Airbus A320 aircraft.

QR293 DOH0600 – 1000SJJ 320 7
QR293 DOH0640 – 1040SJJ 320 235

QR294 SJJ1100 – 1815DOH 320 7
QR294 SJJ1140 – 1855DOH 320 235

http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/...from-oct-2017/

Downunderdesert

will be interesting how the northbound flights do. Those are terrible DOH departure times.

msm2000uk

I wonder if there is a freight element which has helped make the route viable.

M

Downunderdesert

not on a narrow-body scale

Braniff

Excellent. Transferring to the domestic terminal in Sydney for a connection to Canberra following a long international flight is one of the more annoying travel experiences. Glad Qatar will bring an end to that for me !

orbitmic

Agreed! Especially as most of the time I go to Canberra, part of me already wishes I could stay in Sydney or Melbourne instead anyway! At least a bit of time in the QF F lounge will make the last sector far more palatable!