Aussie Trip Part 3: Qantas Link An interesting regional flight experience and I miss these B717s!
After a rather disappointing start to my Australia trips, things finally showed a sign of recovery. I was looking forward to this trip on Qantas Link operated by National Jet System/Cobham Aviation, which is my 201st airline.
Most importantly, Qantas Link operates a fleet of Boeing 717-200s, which were no longer that easy to fly on. Delta will soon be the only US airline with Boeing 717s. I was also exciting about finally visiting Uluru, which was the main attraction of the trip. I am sure some of you will find this routing strange. What you are going to Uluru, but why are you flying to Alice Springs via Uluru? Well Yalara, the closest town to Uluru, has a number of resorts, but the prices are rather high and I dont want to stay at the lower end of the five resorts featured here. Plus the tour itself will not be much cheaper than departure from Alice Springs. Of course the drive from Alice Springs to Uluru was torturous, but Alice Springs is a better alternative for the price of accommodation, especially I can stay at a Hilton family hotel with an affordable price. Anyway, I accidentally add my Uluru photo album to this album, so you are free to look at them too. I definitely enjoyed the day trip to Uluru.
September 21, 2014
QF 1851 CNS-AYQ Lv0725 Arr0950 Boeing 717-200 VH-NXE
Cairns Airport was already fairly busy on this Sunday morning with a number of morning Jetstar flights and the G20 summit, and Qantas check-in area was thankfully fairly quiet, as the first departure was not until 6:55am. The domestic terminal at Cairns is actually quite nice with a fair number of eateries, shops, and sitting area. Both Qantas and Virgin Australia offer lounges for their premium and elite passengers.
Japanese sign
Flight Information
Qantas Club Cairns still closed when I arrived and did not open till 5:55am.
It was a really nice spacious lounge but Qantas has a major operation here. The d้cor was pretty standard Qantas style and here were a few pictures here and there:
After a rather disappointing start to my Australia trips, things finally showed a sign of recovery. I was looking forward to this trip on Qantas Link operated by National Jet System/Cobham Aviation, which is my 201st airline.
Most importantly, Qantas Link operates a fleet of Boeing 717-200s, which were no longer that easy to fly on. Delta will soon be the only US airline with Boeing 717s. I was also exciting about finally visiting Uluru, which was the main attraction of the trip. I am sure some of you will find this routing strange. What you are going to Uluru, but why are you flying to Alice Springs via Uluru? Well Yalara, the closest town to Uluru, has a number of resorts, but the prices are rather high and I dont want to stay at the lower end of the five resorts featured here. Plus the tour itself will not be much cheaper than departure from Alice Springs. Of course the drive from Alice Springs to Uluru was torturous, but Alice Springs is a better alternative for the price of accommodation, especially I can stay at a Hilton family hotel with an affordable price. Anyway, I accidentally add my Uluru photo album to this album, so you are free to look at them too. I definitely enjoyed the day trip to Uluru.
September 21, 2014
QF 1851 CNS-AYQ Lv0725 Arr0950 Boeing 717-200 VH-NXE
Cairns Airport was already fairly busy on this Sunday morning with a number of morning Jetstar flights and the G20 summit, and Qantas check-in area was thankfully fairly quiet, as the first departure was not until 6:55am. The domestic terminal at Cairns is actually quite nice with a fair number of eateries, shops, and sitting area. Both Qantas and Virgin Australia offer lounges for their premium and elite passengers.
Japanese sign
Flight Information
Qantas Club Cairns still closed when I arrived and did not open till 5:55am.
It was a really nice spacious lounge but Qantas has a major operation here. The d้cor was pretty standard Qantas style and here were a few pictures here and there:
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