Originally posted by dartie
Well technically a longhaul flight is a flight non stop for about 8 hours or more, with stops thats not ultralonghaul!

for someone who flies for a living i think i have a pretty good idea of what ultralonghaul is.

i have been doing it for nearly 17 years now, just a little longer than you have been alive i suspect.

if a flight from singapore to nyc nonstop was possible it would also be called ultralonghaul, from singapore to frankfurt is 13hrs nonstop, that is 5 hours more than the classification of longhual. it is commonly, the flight must stop and refuel somewhere on route, you dont change planes, you dont get off, and if you dont think sitting in the same plane from singapore to nyc for 22hrs isnt ultralonghaul then maybe you should try it

Originally posted by dartie
Am didnt Gulf Air already fly to Sydney, and Steve I disagree, Sydney is alright but it is very dirty, especially in Hyde Park, a lots of thugs and homeless people and rubbish, go to Melbourne or Brisbane probably Melbourne! And also dont forget Emirates are speculating on commencing flights to USA, plus in October they will be in Brisbane arent I lucky to finally have my favourite airline visiting me! LOL!

come to perth, its much better here!

qantas has a rather strong female representation on flight deck. on a recent flight a few weeks back with QF longhaul it was a pleasent suprise to see the f/o was female. i have had a number of flights on QF with a female tech member.

also Cathay has female tech crew, i believe one is from australia also on the A330 fleet

Originally posted by Bhoy
right, got the AF timetable in front of me now, and according to it, they operate 777’s on the following routes:

CDG-JFK (also operate 747’s on some flights on this route)
CDG-IAD
CDG-LAX (again, also operate some 747’s here)
CDG-SFO
CDG-PVG
CDG-SIN-CGK
CDG-ICN
CDG-KIX
CDG-ATL
CDG-BOS (also operate A340’s on this route)
CDG-EZE-SCL
CDG-MEX (also operate some 767’s on this route)
CDG-CAI
CDG-DXB
CDG-BEY (also codeshare with MEA on this route, who use 32S’s & A330’s)
CDG-LAD
CDG-JNB

regarding seating, I dunno, I haven’t been on the 777, but according to the seat map, 3-3-3 in economy, 2-2-2 in First
and 2-3-2 in business.

I, like you, wasn’t convinced with the 340’s 2-4-2 in economy (it’s 2-2-2 in both cabins up the front)

Of course, these routes are not guaranteed to be operateb by 777, but it’s probably a fair representation of when to expect a 777. so, Hand, you may be in for at least 1.

Airfrance is also operating the A340 in to Singapore now, the service operates CDG-BKK-SIN and the same on the rtn leg, saw her in Sin a few days ago. the remainder are 777 operated.