Qantas will suspend overseas travel until [December] 2021
Dec 11, 2020, 5:25 pm
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What is in question is Qantas resuming Syd-Lax as at 01 July 2021 however vaccine confirmations may allow them to restart.
Dec 11, 2020, 6:14 pm
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Vaccine roll out in AU does not start until March (at best). Will take many months to complete.
All the reports from politicians and government health officials is Australia will remain closed to international travel (in and out, except for NZ) for all of 2021.
Have not read of any consideration being given to incoming vaccinated visitors being allowed in.
03 Dec 2020 (ExecTrav AU blog)--->Qantas: international travel "at a virtual standstill" until mid-2021
FT thread--->https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocea...l#post32877802
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Dec 11, 2020, 8:03 pm
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Dec 11, 2020, 8:06 pm
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Dec 11, 2020, 8:08 pm
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Thread topic is:- Qantas will suspend overseas travel until mid-2021
A question-comment for the thread --> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ocea...-15-march.html
Dec 11, 2020, 8:10 pm
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I am booked on QF11 1July 2021 Syd - Lax part of a Lufthansa Mini Round The World business.
What are the odds of this flight resuming?
I have confirmation plus seat allocations for all sectors SYD-LAX-FRA-BUD-FRA-SIN-SYD for July 2021.
Lufthansa & Singapore Airlines are the other carriers.
It is noted that very few seats have been allocated on all sectors.
What are the odds of this flight resuming?
I have confirmation plus seat allocations for all sectors SYD-LAX-FRA-BUD-FRA-SIN-SYD for July 2021.
Lufthansa & Singapore Airlines are the other carriers.
It is noted that very few seats have been allocated on all sectors.
If you can, could you swap carrier to United for the TPAC?
Dec 11, 2020, 8:41 pm
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I would say there is a very small chance of QF resuming TPAC services by 1 July... but who really knows? QF have said they will not carry pax unless they have been vaccinated, so will they even have enough eligible pax by then to run a 787 even if the Australian government permitted travel to the USA?
If you can, could you swap carrier to United for the TPAC?
If you can, could you swap carrier to United for the TPAC?
Dec 11, 2020, 8:45 pm
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QF may do charters as they do now, and have done for most(all?) Olympics
Dec 11, 2020, 9:14 pm
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Dec 11, 2020, 9:22 pm
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QF and the Olympic Games (to me) means Oz to Japan flights. Can’t see global flights fitting into that scenario. And that doesn’t even account for the vaccination wild card.
Dec 11, 2020, 11:58 pm
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I am booked on QF11 1July 2021 Syd - Lax part of a Lufthansa Mini Round The World business.
What are the odds of this flight resuming?
I have confirmation plus seat allocations for all sectors SYD-LAX-FRA-BUD-FRA-SIN-SYD for July 2021.
Lufthansa & Singapore Airlines are the other carriers.
It is noted that very few seats have been allocated on all sectors.
What are the odds of this flight resuming?
I have confirmation plus seat allocations for all sectors SYD-LAX-FRA-BUD-FRA-SIN-SYD for July 2021.
Lufthansa & Singapore Airlines are the other carriers.
It is noted that very few seats have been allocated on all sectors.
https://www.news.com.au/travel/trave...6170f17b2c4d87
The CEO of QF has said
"Mr Joyce has previously said that flights to international destinations will not resume until a vaccine has become available and that flights to Europe and the US, where the virus is currently raging largely uncontrolled and significant lockdowns are in place, are unlikely until at least the end of 2021 pending a vaccine."
So end of 2021 provided there is a widespread vaccine.
Dec 12, 2020, 12:42 am
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A week ago, no vax had been certified for use. Now the UK has since started vaccinating, with Canada and the US following within days, it seems.
With a bit of luck, in another 3 months we may be swamped by vax availability, as long as production isn’t hindered and countries ramp-up.
With a bit of luck, in another 3 months we may be swamped by vax availability, as long as production isn’t hindered and countries ramp-up.
Dec 12, 2020, 12:43 am
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A week ago, no vax had been certified for use. Now the UK has since started vaccinating, with Canada and the US following within days, it seems.
With a bit of luck, in another 3 months we may be swamped by vax availability, as long as production isn’t hindered and countries ramp-up.
With a bit of luck, in another 3 months we may be swamped by vax availability, as long as production isn’t hindered and countries ramp-up.