Qantas will suspend overseas travel until [December] 2021
Jan 4, 2021, 11:09 pm
#136
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apart from a few repat flights & freight runs don't think NZ or FJ have been flying to USA. They both look like starting in late March or early April. Do you seriously think Qantas are going to let all the airlines that will be flying to LAX when borders open 18 March, to get all the market share ? Pent up demand is growing by the day, as many realise we are being conned.
Jan 4, 2021, 11:30 pm
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The OP was clearly implying that the airline would not provide a refund on a cancelled service - whether the flights will operate will depend on how things develop
Jan 5, 2021, 12:11 am
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Hi All,
I thought that I might resurrect this post, note that the first flight is July 1 QF11 SYD-LAX
Any chance that this flight will take place or should I look at ditching Qantas and replacing it with United
* this is a booking from August 2020 as the original itinerary was July 2020 then Sept 2020 (both did not eventuate)
I thought that I might resurrect this post, note that the first flight is July 1 QF11 SYD-LAX
Any chance that this flight will take place or should I look at ditching Qantas and replacing it with United
* this is a booking from August 2020 as the original itinerary was July 2020 then Sept 2020 (both did not eventuate)
If your booking was late 2021 or 2022 there would be a higher chance (given Australia should have rolled out the vaccine by then, allowing the travel restrictions to be eased).
Jan 5, 2021, 12:21 am
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There is a significant risk that flight won't operate. As an Australian residing in Australia you also need the government to change the rules to allow Australians to leave, or to get an exemption. Not impossible but I also wouldn't count on it happening in that time frame.
If your booking was late 2021 or 2022 there would be a higher chance (given Australia should have rolled out the vaccine by then, allowing the travel restrictions to be eased).
If your booking was late 2021 or 2022 there would be a higher chance (given Australia should have rolled out the vaccine by then, allowing the travel restrictions to be eased).
Jan 5, 2021, 12:25 am
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Not sure the idea that "many will realise we were being conned" is accurate, relevant, or likely to impact the possibility of an RTW running in July. It's *possible* and maybe even likely that QF will be operating flights to the US by then, but nobody can say for sure that it's 100%.
Jan 5, 2021, 12:51 am
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There is a significant risk that flight won't operate. As an Australian residing in Australia you also need the government to change the rules to allow Australians to leave, or to get an exemption. Not impossible but I also wouldn't count on it happening in that time frame.
If your booking was late 2021 or 2022 there would be a higher chance (given Australia should have rolled out the vaccine by then, allowing the travel restrictions to be eased).
If your booking was late 2021 or 2022 there would be a higher chance (given Australia should have rolled out the vaccine by then, allowing the travel restrictions to be eased).
Plenty of Australians departing right now with exemptions. Borders are officially closed til 17 March 2021. That's 2 1/2 months away. I'm leaving April 2021 if I can.
Jan 5, 2021, 12:54 am
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apart from a few repat flights & freight runs don't think NZ or FJ have been flying to USA. They both look like starting in late March or early April. Do you seriously think Qantas are going to let all the airlines that will be flying to LAX when borders open 18 March, to get all the market share ? Pent up demand is growing by the day, as many realise we are being conned.
UA have never stopped flying scheduled passenger flights USA<---->AU.
DL & AA (QF code share) are now flying scheduled passenger flights USA<--->AA
QF have chosen not to fly long haul international scheduled flights.
Main thread --> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocea...l#post32939181
To me 99.9% probability the Heath Minister's emergency declaration will be extended (as has been done before)
https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/...y-three-months
Edit
Most of today's posts more relevant to the new QF thread
QF now selling international flights
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jan 5, 2021 at 1:06 am
Jan 5, 2021, 12:55 am
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And now the Federal Govt has criticised QF for opening these bookings without consulting them.
I wouldn't be providing QF with an interest-free loan right now!
Regards,
BD
I wouldn't be providing QF with an interest-free loan right now!
Regards,
BD
Jan 5, 2021, 12:58 am
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apart from a few repat flights & freight runs don't think NZ or FJ have been flying to USA. They both look like starting in late March or early April. Do you seriously think Qantas are going to let all the airlines that will be flying to LAX when borders open 18 March, to get all the market share ? Pent up demand is growing by the day, as many realise we are being conned.
Regards,
BD
Jan 5, 2021, 1:26 am
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[mod hat] I am merging this thread with the main one in regards to Qantas international travel during / after the pandemic. [/mod hat]
Jan 5, 2021, 2:07 am
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Risky move by Qantas and I cant see international flights resuming whilst internal borders open and close at a whim. We cant even get a bubble with NZ up and running and if you listened to the "experts" last year that bubble was going to be up and running by July 2020.
Jan 5, 2021, 2:27 am
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Mate we don't even have a SYD-MEL bubble!
For those taking this move as gospel, it's clear that the border closures haven't interrupted the supply of LSD coming into the country...
Jan 5, 2021, 2:31 am
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When you actually look at the official numbers, provided by the Australian government, https://www.bitre.gov.au/publication...t_traffic_data, outbound passengers from March to Oct 2020 are 8% of those from March to Oct 2019.
To add to the unlikeliness of Qantas running these flights, the Australian government came out and had scolded Qantas for doing this. Obviously they will have a huge say in how many people get in and out of the country.
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Jan 5, 2021, 2:45 am
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This sort of pressure from both QF and pax with tickets is about the only thing that is getting the Feds to move on policy.
Jan 5, 2021, 3:40 am
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I would take Kiwi Flyer's assessment over yours - I doubt very much that the border closure will end in April