Cheaper flights on the way courtesy of Chinese airlines.

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...313-2fzaq.html

Cool, thanks for the heads up :-)

http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/96708

Quantas sale. That didn't take long!

About a month since the last Qantas long-haul sale, don't think it has anything to do with China I've only just deleted the last batch of their emails!

I would not want to risk losing my sanity flying El Cheapo Chino.

Chinese passengers have a "reputation".


Unfriendly skies: Chinese passengers' outrageous behavior - http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...306-2fkej.html

Alarm as Chinese airport aggro flares - http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...#ixzz2MjPDjibe

Yeah, they're not too keen on queuing up the Chinese (in general, not just at the airport).

When I was at Guangzhou airport I saw this guy screaming abuse and threatening this poor little girl behind the check in counter, he was getting dragged back by his fellow suits (this guy was about 4 times the size of her, what a hero). I was thinking, 'Err, security????', but the girl and other staff just had to stand there and take it.

And then later on at the security screenings, a guard had asked a woman if he could check her bag. She stood there yelling abuse in his face while he looked through her bag. Again, the guy and other guards did nothing.

I think as that 'unfriendly skies' story shows, if you're 'important' over there, you can get away with anything.

The 2 flights I went on in China were incident free, though.

i'm just hoping this added competition will put pressure on other airlines to lower their fares.
but no i will never fly via china unless it's sooper dooper cheap.

Wouldn't bother me. Just looks like trying to get a beer at the Queens on a Saturday night

Mmmm just seen some reasonably priced bus class flights on Qantas, if I had my leave approved I would book some.

Chinese arlines have been offering cheap flights for ages so I also don't think it is connected.

What's a "Quantas"?

Not a huge amount of difference to those you see on TV programs that follow Easyjet (and others) passengers and crew.

Emirates is offering similar fare prices to Qantas too now

Perhaps beacause they code share?