Quantas strike

[exkay]

Anyone been affected by the strike as yet ? just wondering if they`ll transfer people/me on to another airline when i fly in a couple of weeks, or will they just say "to bad,you aint going nowhere" !

[Pints]

I asked a similar question in the other thread, although it went unanswered.

My mother is in NZ and due to travel back on Qantas in the next day or so. I've not yet heard what she'll be doing to get back.

[LimaDelta]

Depends who you booked with I suppose. If you booked through BA and they put you on a Qantas plane/BA code share then they should fix it for you. If you booked through Qantas then just a refund.

[exkay]

Booked with Quantas, dont want a refund, just want to get to Oz

[LimaDelta]

exkay said:

Booked with Quantas, dont want a refund, just want to get to Oz

TBH, if this is not sorted within a few days, I dont think Qantas will exist in a few weeks. You'll probably be fine if your flight is in a few weeks.

[gsd2000]

According to sky news its costing qantas £13 million per day

[exkay]

But what i`m wondering, if Quantas do "collapse" can all the other airlines accomadate the passengers that booked with Quantas ? surely the airline just wont fade into thin air ?

[motomk]

Pints said:

I asked a similar question in the other thread, although it went unanswered.

My mother is in NZ and due to travel back on Qantas in the next day or so. I've not yet heard what she'll be doing to get back.

A lot or most of the "Qantas" services from NZ are unaffected as they are operated by Jetconnect. If you go to the Qantas website it explains a little bit about it.

http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/disruptio...

Edited by motomk on Sunday 30th October 11:56

[motomk]

exkay said:

But what i`m wondering, if Quantas do "collapse" can all the other airlines accomadate the passengers that booked with Quantas ? surely the airline just wont fade into thin air ?

This is sort of keeping up to date with what is going on in the Fairwork meetings. I heard it will take them about 6 hours to crank everything back up again.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/qantas-grounds-...

[motomk]

exkay said:

Booked with Quantas, dont want a refund, just want to get to Oz

Into Sydney? or elsewhere?

[exkay]

I`m going Heathrow to Perth....fingers crossed !!!! on 8th Nov

[motomk]

exkay said:

I`m going Heathrow to Perth....fingers crossed !!!! on 8th Nov

Ah ok, if it was to Sydney, that might have been on a British Airways Aeroplane which I doubt would be affected.
Perth is a different matter, as it is a Qantas aeroplane that goes to Perth QF78 or QF72, one of those(Airbus A330). QF10 or QF32 to Singapore might be an A380 depending on which day.

It is 12.19am here in Melbourne, they adjourned the Fairwork meeting at 12.05am. Hopefully pending a resolution. (decision to be made at 1am)

Edited by motomk on Sunday 30th October 13:30

[motomk]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-31/terminate-ac...

[exkay]

Brilliant ! so it seems i could be coming to sunny Perth after all !! thanks for the info, well handy.

[motomk]

exkay said:

Brilliant ! so it seems i could be coming to sunny Perth after all !! thanks for the info, well handy.

No probs...2.50am here in Melbourne.
Have fun in Perth! (11.50pm in Perth)

[exkay]

Coming to Melbourne in March 2012 for the F1...have tickets for the schumaker stand Sat and Sun,any magic way of getting paddock/pits passes that you know of ? its just me and my girlfriend (who lives in Perth)