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Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 08:20
by Kooky
Watching press conference now, confirming the rumours.

No more Singapore stopovers for me, then :(

http://www.smh.com.au/business/qantas-e ... 25fhm.html

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 09:00
by Pinklepurr
Hmmm, does this mean we don't have to put up with middle of the night flights from Sing to Mel any more? That would be good. Not sure about the rest.

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 09:26
by Kooky
Watching with interest, PP. We have a UK trip booked for March - press suggests nothing will change before April but who knows?

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 11:42
by Dinosaur
That's a bit of a bummer for you. Mind you, Dubai in March will be quite nice weather ;)

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 12:14
by Kooky
Oh we don't have a stopover planned then anyway. We're off to Ireland for a wedding as well as the UK, no time for a stopover too.

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 16:31
by Kooky
It has been pointed out to me that Emirates goes to regional airports, not just Heathrow. Perhaps this is not such bad news after all :)

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 17:34
by Scrummy Mummy
Yeah, we generally use Emirates and fly to Birmingham - makes life a lot easier.

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 20:13
by Fat Bob
Oh come on, really. What issue is this at all? If you're intent to come via Singapore, you still have BA and SQ. And you can still get to the UK. Simple.

Re: Qantas - Emirates Partnership

Posted: 6th Sep, '12, 20:32
by Kooky
Fat Bob wrote:Oh come on, really. What issue is this at all? If you're intent to come via Singapore, you still have BA and SQ. And you can still get to the UK. Simple.
They're called Airmiles, Bob, and also we'll possibly have very little choice with BA in future.