Comments on: Qantas ending Sydney-Beijing nonstop flights in March 2020

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:54:40 +0000

Neil
Firstly there are all these negative views of Virgin for being allocated new slots like HND because in the past they have pulled out of international routes. Now apparently they should be chipped for not pulling out of routes earlier like Qantas – talk about double standards. This article shows in addition to ports like San Fransisco/Dubai Qantas also has history of route entry’s and exits, Qantas should be left alone to make its own commercial business decisions that suits THAT airline at THAT time, therefore the same logic must apply to Virgin and flow into context for future routes and slots.

By: Peter Ritty

Peter Ritty — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:11:30 +0000

Am glad QF has the guts to withdraw from Beijing. Let the heavily subsidised Chinese carriers wear it.

By: Red Cee

Red Cee — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:35:06 +0000

Will the plane to Beijing be redirected to Tokyo Haneda?

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:56:07 +0000

Honesty I don’t see why any carriers outside China should even bother flying to China when Chinese carriers have overfilled the market with their own capacity.

In terms of why Qantas dumped Beijing I reckon that considering the timing of the last flight the a330 will most likely be used for a 2nd daily Sydney to Haneda flight.

By: Neil Hansford

Neil Hansford — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:08:33 +0000

Qantas are to be congratulated for drawing stumps on Beijing. Unlike Virgin, Qantas won’t stay on routes that are loss making with no future to save face and be politically sound. Chinese carriers are dumping capacity everywhere and if they were dumping sedans in Australia for $10,000 there would be outcry but they dump fares at will. The good thing is we get all these Chinese tourists into Australia on Chinese airlines and no Australian carrier has to lose money on the routes. Why should we fly to China at all? Whilstever Australian carriers have little access to the declining Chinese premium market why should we bother. There is a small fortune to be made in Australia they say but you have to have a large fortune to waste.

By: Lechuga

Lechuga — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 07:36:44 +0000

This will be the struggle Australian airlines in the coming years, especially expanding into Asia. Asians want to fly Asian airlines, they want to fly their national airline. The best way to compete is to be the only one on the route, be the cheapest by a fair way (example Jetstar) or have a route with a lot of demand that you have strong codeshare ties with like Qantas and China Eastern do. I would say this is the same with Australians going on holiday too most of the time, but there’s less Australians wanting to go China than Chinese wanting to come to Australia.