Evening arrival to SYD options
Jul 12, 2025 | 12:13 pm
#16
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 165
Jul 12, 2025 | 1:24 pm
#17
Join Date: Nov 2019
Location: YMJ (YQR)
Programs: Qantas LTG, WestJet Gold
Posts: 446
The QF way to get an evening arrival into SYD is to fly LHR-PER-SYD.
QF10 arrives in PER around midday, making for a shorter day if you were to stopover.
If you were to continue straight through, the connecting PER-SYD flight (QF650 in southern Winter gets into SYD at 20:40 or QF652 in southern Summer gets into SYD at 22:30) arrives in the evening.
Bonus points for the option to take QF656 once a week at certain times of the year (e.g. Thursdays in November) as it's 789-operated and arrives in SYD at 21:55.
An alternative would be to fly LHR-CDG/FCO-PER-SYD, which are 789 operated all the way from CDG/FCO through to Sydney, arriving at 16:25 (southern Winter) or 18:40 (southern Summer).
QF10 arrives in PER around midday, making for a shorter day if you were to stopover.
If you were to continue straight through, the connecting PER-SYD flight (QF650 in southern Winter gets into SYD at 20:40 or QF652 in southern Summer gets into SYD at 22:30) arrives in the evening.
Bonus points for the option to take QF656 once a week at certain times of the year (e.g. Thursdays in November) as it's 789-operated and arrives in SYD at 21:55.
An alternative would be to fly LHR-CDG/FCO-PER-SYD, which are 789 operated all the way from CDG/FCO through to Sydney, arriving at 16:25 (southern Winter) or 18:40 (southern Summer).
Last edited by V1213; Jul 12, 2025 at 1:31 pm
Jul 12, 2025 | 4:33 pm
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 466
The QR 18:45 arrival is ideal. Less immigration & customs queues. By the time you are at the hotel its 20:00 - with guaranteed check-in.
You can have a meal, a workout, a night stroll and go to bed at a reasonable hour and you should be on the timezone faster than the morning arrivals.
Re:A380 - the seats are still good and you have the bar area to chill and break the trip up. Normally theres a very good cognac there too.
Dine on demand for food plus Al Mourjan/Gardens access in DOH prior. QR hands down for me - especially if direct to SYD is preferred.
You can have a meal, a workout, a night stroll and go to bed at a reasonable hour and you should be on the timezone faster than the morning arrivals.
Re:A380 - the seats are still good and you have the bar area to chill and break the trip up. Normally theres a very good cognac there too.
Dine on demand for food plus Al Mourjan/Gardens access in DOH prior. QR hands down for me - especially if direct to SYD is preferred.
The QF way to get an evening arrival into SYD is to fly LHR-PER-SYD.
QF10 arrives in PER around midday, making for a shorter day if you were to stopover.
If you were to continue straight through, the connecting PER-SYD flight (QF650 in southern Winter gets into SYD at 20:40 or QF652 in southern Summer gets into SYD at 22:30) arrives in the evening.
Bonus points for the option to take QF656 once a week at certain times of the year (e.g. Thursdays in November) as it's 789-operated and arrives in SYD at 21:55.
An alternative would be to fly LHR-CDG/FCO-PER-SYD, which are 789 operated all the way from CDG/FCO through to Sydney, arriving at 16:25 (southern Winter) or 18:40 (southern Summer).
QF10 arrives in PER around midday, making for a shorter day if you were to stopover.
If you were to continue straight through, the connecting PER-SYD flight (QF650 in southern Winter gets into SYD at 20:40 or QF652 in southern Summer gets into SYD at 22:30) arrives in the evening.
Bonus points for the option to take QF656 once a week at certain times of the year (e.g. Thursdays in November) as it's 789-operated and arrives in SYD at 21:55.
An alternative would be to fly LHR-CDG/FCO-PER-SYD, which are 789 operated all the way from CDG/FCO through to Sydney, arriving at 16:25 (southern Winter) or 18:40 (southern Summer).
if I wasnt weirdly tied to retaining Silver, I would look at EK in First. At the moment its about 1500 more than the OW alternatives.
Last edited by woobl; Jul 13, 2025 at 1:10 am
Jul 14, 2025 | 11:17 am
#19
Join Date: Jul 2025
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