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Why did VS really stop flying to Oz ?

PostPosted: 23 Jul 2014, 16:55
by JCBR
I hear that they discovered they were paying considerably more than other airlines in airport charges which is why they stopped flying.

Anyone heard about this ?

Re: Why did VS really stop flying to Oz ?

PostPosted: 23 Jul 2014, 17:09
by gumshoe
Possible but doesn't sound like a reason to stop flying altogether - renegotiate, certainly, but pull out?

I just think it was an overly expensive route to operate, compared to their others, that didn't yield enough return.

Re: Why did VS really stop flying to Oz ?

PostPosted: 23 Jul 2014, 17:35
by NYLON
Hong Kong had fallen behind Dubai and Singapore as the favoured transit/stopping-off point for Australians going to Europe in the last few years.

VS's one route to Europe via HK for Australians effectively became the least marketable routing.

Re: Why did VS really stop flying to Oz ?

PostPosted: 24 Jul 2014, 18:05
by benchsmith
indeed I have looked to go to Aus a few times over the last 6 years and had successfully gone on one of those occassions but I couldn't fly VS due to their timetable an due to the route they take it made it difficult to fit in with the timescales that I had and the price was substantially more which I in the end flew with Singapore Airlines via Singapore and it offered greater flexibility and a substantially amount cheaper also, although not the glamour of the VS brand I have come to love.