davistev

Demographically, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney have far more in common with Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto than they do with Adelaide or Hobart. Many many families have close connections within the Asian / ME / Indian communities. The world has changed!

david_oz

Great thread!

I moved from SYD to YYC nine years ago. In my time here, star alliance has held and maintained the lead quite comfortably for Canadian based flyers. AC through YVR has one stop and frequent connectivity to anywhere in Canada, and UA offers the same through SFO or LAX to most major cities.

Now with AC service to MEL, BNE and SYD, UA from IAH to SYD as well as NZ making a serious attempt to capture this traffic things are getting more competitive which is a good thing. Although all the extra traffic has made YVR a less attractive transit point. The last few times for me have been extremely slow and no better than transiting through SFO (even LAX has improved)

My my parents are QF loyal and fly J to visit me typically twice a year. In comparison their options are usually poor. Typically they route through DFW and have a long layover and sub-optimal flight path to get here. SFO, YVR and LAX are sometimes options but the QF/WJ partnership is far from seamless.

Almost every time I’ve done the YVR/SYD flight in either direction at any time of year it has been 100% full. Like others here I’m extremely surprised QF hasn’t tried to make this route work.

Dave Noble

It is less important whether an aeroplane is full, but more on what margin it can make. It may just well be that the route can be profitable but using the aeroplanes on another route is more profitable

shuuy

I've done the exact opposite... Amy my switch from *A to OW has made me a happier traveler... While still getting *G through PPS on SQ (easy!).

However, going home for Christmas / Summer is always a pain. I find it easier to take CX / JL via HKG/NRT to YVR easier, and then buying WestJet for the last leg.

But my oh my, our first world problems remain strong!