Why Qatar Airways Flies An Almost-Empty Flight to Adelaide

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  • @bm7500
    @bm7500 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3064

    My Mum booked this flight all the way through to Adelaide, knowing full well there was a 5+ hour layover in Melbourne Airport. You can't leave the terminal and there were no major shops open. There was a total of 24 people who caught the MEL to ADL leg of the flight. She said the experience of having a 777-300ER virtually to yourself was very surreal and made the layover worth it.

    • @ianfox6106
      @ianfox6106 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      My wife and her sister did the flight the other way, going to Doha the layover in Melbourne isn't that long

    • @ajaybhatia1998
      @ajaybhatia1998 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      Was the extra cost also worth it? Seems to be 30-35% higher

    • @KurtRichterCISSP
      @KurtRichterCISSP 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Do they shoot you if you try to leave?

    • @ianfox6106
      @ianfox6106 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      No and no. The normal price might be 30 to 35% higher but there are a lot of specials. And if you try and leave they won't shoot you but will not let you back onto the flight. And that might mean flying back to Adelaide on Jetstar, an low cost airline set up by Qantas just to make Qantas the parent look good. Jetstar would make 5 hours in Melbourne terminal appealing.

    • @davidthegreen
      @davidthegreen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      It's worth the extra cost and 5+ hour layover just to have a 777 to yourself for a 50 minute flight?

  • @TheNovaChronicles
    @TheNovaChronicles 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3079

    The first time an airline actually encourages hidden city ticketing rather than trying to sue people for it 😂

    • @FalconX88
      @FalconX88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except they don't. they simply sell tickets to Melbourne. Quite common to allow people to book only one leg of a flight with a layover. Check out EVA62 (VIE-BKK-TPE) or SQ 25 (JFK- FRA- SIN)

    • @jplayzow
      @jplayzow 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Probably because they can't resell the seats

    • @roccosemler228
      @roccosemler228 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

      It's not hidden city ticketing though, Qatar is selling tickets for Melbourne, not Adelaide. For passengers going to Melbourne this flight is no different from the normal direct one.

    • @jplayzow
      @jplayzow 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      @@roccosemler228 It is /hidden/ from australia in plain sight

    • @browneyes142a
      @browneyes142a 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      ​@@roccosemler228officially, they are selling tickets to Adelaide.

  • @keaton_m
    @keaton_m 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1043

    Mad respect for being the first north American TH-camr to pronounce every Australian city mentioned correctly

    • @stereowall
      @stereowall 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      this is BS, Melbourne is def not pronounced like that

    • @keaton_m
      @keaton_m 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      ​@@stereowallI mean, it's not exactly pronounced like that, but that can mostly be attributed to his accent

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      @@stereowall I prefer Americans pronounce it the way they do in this video, it sounds forced and weird if they say Mel-bin

    • @TrebleSketch
      @TrebleSketch 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Yeah, especially Adelaide. It's rare enough to have someone make a video mentioning Adelaide and even rarer for it to be the FOCUS of the video and spoken that many times xD

    • @Sagittarius-A-Star
      @Sagittarius-A-Star 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      If they can't even pronounce the names of the cities of an English speaking country correctly I'm not surprised any more that they not even remotely can pronounce anything non-English 😅

  • @Docwilson91
    @Docwilson91 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2131

    Imagine if we could get a bunch people just to book this flight for one day

    • @Joe-Nuts
      @Joe-Nuts 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      Bro didn’t watch the video

    • @TojiFushigoroWasTaken
      @TojiFushigoroWasTaken 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +166

      ​@@Joe-Nutshe did....he hypothesized what would happen if people booked flights to from qatar to adelaide via melbourne even though its expensive. U high bu?

    • @Prounounced
      @Prounounced 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@TojiFushigoroWasTakenyeah but what’s the point of the hypothesis?
      It’s a flight that’s going to happen either way. The result is obvious: people will get to Adelaide from Doha lol.

    • @dominick6131
      @dominick6131 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

      ​@@Prounouncedit would surprise the crew.

    • @thegamingteen44mc5
      @thegamingteen44mc5 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I am in Melbourne and have cousins near Adelaide so why not

  • @magical_catgirl
    @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1155

    Qatar has unlimited flight rights to any Australian international airport, except the 4 major ports where they can currently only fly 28 times per week (this was expanded from 21 in early 2022).
    They are allowed to fly another 7 times to the limited ports, provided that flight is to or via a smaller port. This is what they are using for the DOH-MEL-ADL flight.
    Prior to the pandemic, they used that allowance to fly to Canberra via Sydney. They were all set to resume that route when Australia reopened the borders, then kept delaying it before changing to the current route.

    • @theosteven3362
      @theosteven3362 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, how is your comment different from the video. Redundant info sht.

    • @WhyT74
      @WhyT74 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +116

      I learned more from your comment than the entire video. Thank you.

    • @dhruvtotre5975
      @dhruvtotre5975 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ​@@WhyT74lol, the video didn't specify the reason for the flight clearly

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, I was trying to remember who had that weird little add-on flight to Canberra (Paul Lucas flew on it.)

    • @jacktattersall9457
      @jacktattersall9457 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I was surprised they would get away with that loophole. Like QR988 is still taking up precious international landing slots at MEL (at least they seem precious if Australia is so tight with them). I wonder if Australia will change the agreement to prevent this extra flight to Melbourne getting a free pass because it flies empty to Adelaide hours later.

  • @Cooldude-ko7ps
    @Cooldude-ko7ps 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +901

    Finally a Australian city other than Sydney, Melbourne or Canberra is mentioned

    • @dreadhead5719
      @dreadhead5719 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      sometimes perth

    • @jackgibsxxx0750
      @jackgibsxxx0750 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Only in conjunction with Melbourne

    • @devonalbatross
      @devonalbatross 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Ah, of course! Like the city of... ... um. ... ... The uh... ... Aw crap.

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      No love for Brisbane!

    • @jakenh8264
      @jakenh8264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      ADELAIDE MENTIONED 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @Rubrickety
    @Rubrickety 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +343

    Wouldn't it be easier for Qatar to just extend the stroke on the "r", shift it to the left a couple places, then slap an "s" at the end, thus turning itself into a totally legit Qantas flight?

    • @Ruddpocalypse
      @Ruddpocalypse 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Qatas

    • @alexj1650
      @alexj1650 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      where n

    • @sanuthweerasinghe7825
      @sanuthweerasinghe7825 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@alexj1650add a stroke to the r then shift it to the left a couple places. learn to read dawg.

    • @karmatraining
      @karmatraining 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      If they can avoid highly traumatising invasive cavity searches of dozens of women on their flights for truly stupid reasons then I think you're onto a winner mate

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@karmatraining Still less racist and arbitrary, drunken with power user of fascist police brutality than australian thugs (google raptor squads)...

  • @danielstrandby3678
    @danielstrandby3678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Huge shoutout to Ben for making a meme that made me laugh more than any other meme in recent years 2:08

  • @jbird4478
    @jbird4478 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +127

    They found a loophole big enough for airplanes to fly through.

  • @was1768
    @was1768 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +625

    I love it when politicians says that climate change is due to the individual people when each of these flights have a higher impact on the planet than an entire family household in a year...

    • @hughquigley5337
      @hughquigley5337 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      True and very important

    • @yasminbarry7941
      @yasminbarry7941 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Hence my comment above: So much pollution generated for money 😡

    • @cuppacoffee1572
      @cuppacoffee1572 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Enjoy your dissolving paper straw

    • @yasminbarry7941
      @yasminbarry7941 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@teamgeist3328 😆 Thanks anyway.

    • @SgtSupaman
      @SgtSupaman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@teamgeist3328 , with an estimated 100,000 flights every day worldwide, it probably doesn't take long for them to surpass households regarding output.

  • @Mat-xe8pt
    @Mat-xe8pt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    I am from Adelaide, I remember seeing this plane while waiting to depart a direct flight to Kuala Lumpur. the malaysia airlines air hostess explained it to me qatars loopholes. She called them very cheeky.

    • @daffers2345
      @daffers2345 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Go Crows! 😊

    • @Mat-xe8pt
      @Mat-xe8pt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@daffers2345 boo 👎 Go the Power!!

  • @Darcy_prince
    @Darcy_prince 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    I live in Adelaide, and Recently flew on this flight (Both Ways) to get to Europe. For my family, this was actually the cheapest option, which was weird, and annoying for us, but it was certainly a very cool experience to be on such a quiet 777, with it being full a few hours before. The layover is not fun at all though. 🤣

    • @leorione
      @leorione 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's unfortunate because Qantas wants to keep its monopoly to charge people way more.

  • @thegamingteen44mc5
    @thegamingteen44mc5 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +155

    As a melbournian i think the arrows at 4:40 make a fair bit of sense, i have actually been to most of the spots being pointed, but the most famous thing the city has is literally north of the bridge you pointed to

    • @hahaboy211
      @hahaboy211 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Isn't it a flat white?

    • @tacet3045
      @tacet3045 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@hahaboy211 It's Melbourne. It's a deconstructed flat white served in lab equipment while the barista tells you why the graffiti outside is amazing.
      Also it's raining.

    • @BlackGateofMordor
      @BlackGateofMordor 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      ​@@tacet3045Don't worry, it'll be hot and sunny in three minutes. Then a cold breeze in another ten.

    • @tacet3045
      @tacet3045 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BlackGateofMordor True.

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As an F1 fan my reference can only be Albert Park.

  • @pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342
    @pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    railways have a similar thing they run trains on less used lines and unused stations as its cheaper to do this incase the line becomes like there's a football event or something than having to reopen the line from scratch

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Are you talking about parliamentary trains? If so it's not quite like that, many operators would be happy to stop these routes for good. The real reason is because it's so expensive to actually close the route, operators have to go through consultations and lots of paperwork, so it's cheaper to run a minimum service, which they are required to by law.

    • @pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342
      @pollyjackson-dzacchaeus1342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Croz89 yeah i think its something like that plus the added bonus of a faster reopening time if needed

  • @grogery1570
    @grogery1570 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +132

    This goes some way to explaining why Adelaide airport always seems to have flights coming in and out but the terminal never seems to be over worked.

    • @cameront6330
      @cameront6330 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Except, it doesn't. This is one flight per day.

    • @adamriach6554
      @adamriach6554 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It will likely have almost 9 million passengers through it this financial year. I doubt one B737 load of people a week on a flight to Melbourne, would make much of an impact.

  • @GreenJelly_64
    @GreenJelly_64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

    Being from Adelaide myself, hearing that most people “don’t even know what Adelaide is” kinda hurts. We’re cool too I swear 💔

    • @chatthew
      @chatthew 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Don't worry, he doesn't pronounce Qatar correctly either

    • @shramanadasdutta3006
      @shramanadasdutta3006 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Dont worry mate. Most of India knows about Adelaide and/or South Australia now. Thats where that bad man with a mustache Travis Head is from. 😢 😡 😭

    • @LachieJohnson
      @LachieJohnson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s sad for you but apparently Sam cant figure out what my city is known for after googling it

    • @Bobbo69
      @Bobbo69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I only know about it from Tim from the unmade podcast

    • @ebrown210
      @ebrown210 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well I’d like you to know then that my favourite band has a song named Adelaide and it’s the reason I moved to Australia. ❤️

  • @EpicgamerwinXD6669
    @EpicgamerwinXD6669 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Was anyone else waiting for inevitable call back to the episode on the corrupt New Jersey flight?

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not that one but I remember an old video about Heathrow where he talked about the ghost routes.

  • @agoatmannameddesire8856
    @agoatmannameddesire8856 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

    "An airline is only worth as much as the routes it can fly"
    I thought someone told us that airlines were only worth as much as their frequent flier customer base!

    • @gorak9000
      @gorak9000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Their credit cards - remember, they're banks now, that also fly some planes sometimes

    • @jpaugh64
      @jpaugh64 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😅 No, you're talking about the airline rewards companies, remember? Those things are worth more than the airlines.

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably that Wendover Productions guy, not the guy who does this channel.

    • @adeejinnz
      @adeejinnz หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tell that to Bonza!

  • @comicus01
    @comicus01 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +156

    Qantas themselves used to fly to JFK in New York via LAX, but had the similar restriction (from the US government) of not being able to sell tickets for the LAX to JFK leg. It only lasted a few years before they dropped it.

    • @tfinkens
      @tfinkens 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      this is also because AU wouldn't allow direct to melbourne flights from the US and had to have a stop in Sydney... back in the day

    • @cwstead
      @cwstead 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      there were other reasons why. Prior to the AA-QF JV, QF would route NYC passengers on AA or someone else, and operating their own metal allowed them to collect additional revenue from passengers and cargo that was otherwise being shared. In addition, parking fees at LAX are substantial and their fleet sits at LAX for the day (they actually perform maintenance at LAX but not everyday on every aircraft). If they could generate revenue that offset parking fees, the flight came out ahead. Furthermore, when they rotate smaller aircraft into LAX (like AKL-LAX on an A332 for a while) they have a more efficient aircraft than an 744 or A388 to fly the LAX-JFK-LAX roundtrip.

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Qantas operated the LAX-JFK flight for more then "a few years".
      It was sold as SYD-JFK (via LAX). They changed which inbound aircraft was used for the US transcon a few times. 747 from SYD, A330 from AKL, 747 then 787 from BNE after the SYD flight went to A380.

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@tfinkens AU did allow such flights. United stopped in SYD because they didn't have an aircraft that could get to MEL nonstop with the needed payload

    • @NewYorkAviation
      @NewYorkAviation 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Incorrect. This flight operated from 1999-2020. I've flown it many times and it actually did quite well for them.

  • @jameschan7893
    @jameschan7893 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    As someone who lives in Adelaide I have always wondered this seeing this plane every time I go there

  • @christopherg2347
    @christopherg2347 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    If passengers do that, it is called "Skiplagging". You book a long distance flight, when your intention is to only actually use a part of the route. Because it is cheaper, somehow.

    • @wilsonli5642
      @wilsonli5642 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      It's cheaper if the ticketed destination is a place that isn't a popular destination.

    • @Nalehw
      @Nalehw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      If you compare two flights to the same destination, but one is direct and the other is indirect, the indirect one will sometimes be cheaper. But this makes no sense, right? The indirect one flew further, so their operating costs should be higher! The trick is, your ticket price isn't really based on the operating costs at all. Your price is based on what the market is willing to pay, and people are willing to pay more for direct flights because they're more convenient.
      Similarly, if you compare two flights to different destinations that are the exact same distance and use the exact same plane type, but one of the destinations is more popular, then the more popular one will cost more. Because the ticket price isn't really about the operating cost, it's just about what customers are willing to pay.
      Now, just apply this same phenomenon to long-distance flights, where the final destination is unpopular (and so won't sell for much) but because it's so far away the plane has to stop over in a major hub on the way (which would normally sell for a lot). The airline is selling you the ticket based on the final destination, so they sell it for cheap, even though the plane had to go further.

    • @Default78334
      @Default78334 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@wilsonli5642it's not about popularity, it's about competition at the nominal vs the real destination. Typically the real destination is a fortress hub where one airline holds disproportionate market control, while the nominal destination doesn't.

    • @vbscript2
      @vbscript2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm going to start calling this flight "hidden-city network planning" now. :)

  • @MomoZeEvil
    @MomoZeEvil 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    It’s so cool seeing a video about a flight I coordinate often! Waking up at 2am to turnaround a flight with only 10-15 pax is definitely interesting though but I love doing this flight because the crew give me free sandwiches!! 😂😂

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I'm shocked at the lack of Simpsons jokes at the DOH airport.

  • @snowyalice
    @snowyalice 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    There is a similar one which goes to Sydney then Canberra. My parents have seriously considered using it as it’s so much more convenient than driving to Sydney.

    • @kurthalbauer7676
      @kurthalbauer7676 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      *there was a similar one. It's gone now...

    • @benjaminfranklin329
      @benjaminfranklin329 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yes flying Sydney to Canberra is definitely convenient 😂. But seriously the coaches are basically as fast because you don't have the boarding/waiting times, and cheaper.

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@benjaminfranklin329 the train is also a pretty pleasant trip if the time lines up

    • @frodo322
      @frodo322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@biosparkles9442it’s a four hour ride inside a train from the 1970s. I’d rather take the bus which ironically takes less time.

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@frodo322 I get travel sick on buses, I prefer the train

  • @sheridanbartlett4182
    @sheridanbartlett4182 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Adelaidean here who literally had a conversation two days ago about this exact thing, as we watched a Qatar plane take off from ADL going to MEL. Thanks for the interesting (and quite timely) video

  • @johnhamilton6003
    @johnhamilton6003 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Priot to COVID, Qatar did the same thing except flew to Canberra, Australia via Sydney. Plus the layover time in Sydney was only 2 hours or so and there were no other flights direct to Canberra from overseas (except NZ) so the Sydney-Canberra leg actually got a few dozen passengers instead of single digit

  • @corndog-1
    @corndog-1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    As a Melbourne resident I can confirm there is absolutely nothing to do in our international airport terminal

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      But still more to do there than in Adelaide. 🤣

    • @AustralianConsultancy
      @AustralianConsultancy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We've got a shitload of lounges. Being P1 and Swiss HON Circle you can use any *A or OWE lounge.

    • @drift7rs
      @drift7rs 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah, it is.. quite boring here.

    • @karmatraining
      @karmatraining 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you like to eat, it's not bad. But that will only occupy you for an hour or two, tops.

  • @quasinfinity
    @quasinfinity 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The waste makes me sad. Inefficient bureaucracy sucks, but this exceeds in anti-efficiency

  • @thermitebanana
    @thermitebanana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Damn - that video perfectly captured the Australia-Qatar-Qantas dynamic.
    Sweet sponsor too

    • @szhou2513
      @szhou2513 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah good on HAI for supporting local Aussie business.

  • @ianfox6106
    @ianfox6106 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My wife actually did take this flight from Adelaide to Doha, though going to Doha the stop over in Melbourne wasn't that long and I think she got a good price on the flight

  • @_baert
    @_baert 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    my guess before watching is to keep the slot available for future possible usage.

  • @itsorcacraft9037
    @itsorcacraft9037 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    You must have your PhD in airline business and science by now

    • @erkinalp
      @erkinalp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Or, even further, DSc (higher doctorate)

    • @GrumpyIan
      @GrumpyIan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And don't forget bricks

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They ought to spin off a channel about flights.

  • @cypher686
    @cypher686 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    So I actually fly this route quite regularly. It’s quite nice having a plane to myself

  • @scottbrick9918
    @scottbrick9918 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My step family when they went to Australia for holiday got this flight lol

  • @jimivel604
    @jimivel604 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I hope those single digit passengers on that 777 on this daily 1 hour flight are using paper straws, because every little bit helps 😂

  • @22OS89
    @22OS89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for doing a video about Adelaide!

  • @AgentAileron
    @AgentAileron 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I took this flight to get home from South Africa back to Melbourne via Qatar!
    Searching up my flight code on the airline page during my layover in Qatar it always showed two entries: one to MEL, and one to Adelaide, and in that timeless, sleepless mirror dimension that is long international layovers, I was really paranoid I'd end up in Adelaide accidentally 😅
    It worked out fine out course, and everyone without exception did indeed disembark at MEL.
    Did not make sense to me why the flight continued on to Adelaide at all to me then. Now with the context of this vid, what does not make sense to me at all is why the Aussie government prefers letting Qatar airways do this legal loophole stuff over, y'know, /not/ burning up a buncha airliner fuel pointlessly l? :/

  • @jackgibsxxx0750
    @jackgibsxxx0750 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    That NJPA chairman is never going to live that down. 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @dx-ek4vr
      @dx-ek4vr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      In his defense though, how else was he supposed to get home faster so he could spend more of his entire vacation doing nothing but staring at horses?

    • @jaysmith1408
      @jaysmith1408 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dx-ek4vroh, I don’t know, his plane?

    • @vbscript2
      @vbscript2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nor should he.

  • @adamriach6554
    @adamriach6554 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    @halfasinteresting this flight was originally planned to be a Canberra destined flight. However a week before flights started, it was switched to Adelaide as I guess Canberra didn't have enough passengers. People I have spoken to who have used it, say there is 20-30 passengers on board. I guess it helps with over spill from the Direct Adelaide flight, which has been upgraded from an A350 to a B777 this week.

  • @theovineydibbydoda3150
    @theovineydibbydoda3150 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Its worth noting here this is NOT skiplagging. Skiplagging is booking a route with multiple flights but stopping at a transit airport. This is just one flight number, and the passengers are able to book it to either Melbourne or Adelaide. If it was skiplagging then the passengers disembarking at Melbourne would not be able to collect their baggage.

    • @user-jk2zm7uq5s
      @user-jk2zm7uq5s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If a passenger does it it's skiplagging. If an airline does it it's not. ("Do as I say, not as I do")

  • @AlonsoRules
    @AlonsoRules 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another thing about this flight is that the connection between Melbourne and Adelaide inbound is something like 7 hours and you cannot leave the airport and the terminal is closed. Even Business Class passengers cannot use the lounges.

  • @kineticdeath
    @kineticdeath 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    5:17 the Adelaide to Melbourne return leg is flown by Qatar's sister airline Rataq

  • @user-ft2os3ho2q
    @user-ft2os3ho2q 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Mate I took this flight last year in November ( probably when they came up with this route) not knowing about the layover, i remember staying at Melbourne airport which was almost empty, freezing and with 1 shop open. Safe to say it was a terrible experience.

  • @isitlunchtimeyettttt
    @isitlunchtimeyettttt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    i live in Adelaide. i remember a while ago me and my father headed down to the runway to watch the planes land and take of (we love planes) and then we saw this Qatar airways plane land and we were so confused why a 777 was landing in a tiny city like Adelaide

  • @plane_nerd
    @plane_nerd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow, HIA made a video on the same topic I did a couple months ago, that's pretty amazing!

  • @HugoWiffen
    @HugoWiffen 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Our transport minister and Qantas are currently in a lot of trouble over this. Qantas provides access to an exclusive lounge to all members of parliament which many consider a bribe/form of coercion.

  • @stepstr
    @stepstr 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Ben, much appreciated!

  • @johgwynn17
    @johgwynn17 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wondered about this flight. Few flights fly above my city, but this Doha - Adelaide one is fairly common. Makes a lot more sense now!

  • @Nobi36
    @Nobi36 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Emirates Cebu to Angeles City is also a domestic flight in the Philippines

  • @stvdagger8074
    @stvdagger8074 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Actually it is not more expensive to fly through Melbourne. I just looked up Doha to Adelaide flights on December 13th on expedia and the flight through Melbourne is $4.00 cheaper $3,622 vs. $3,626. So you might get some people on the flight who consider $4to be worth 9 hours of time (or who just miss the duration of the flight and the stop-over listed - of course those are also the kind of people going to Sydney Australia who book a flight to YQY and are surprised to find themselves in Sydney, Nova Scotia ).

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Does that really happen? People think they're going to Australia but end up in CYQY? Gosh

  • @Firedogies
    @Firedogies 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A lot of cargo does go on this flight as it’s coming from Europe. Most of the cargo going to the Air Force base in Adelaide comes on this flight.

  • @GerardiAviation
    @GerardiAviation 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your aviation videos ✈️

  • @alecjahn
    @alecjahn 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They should hand out a cool sticker if you make it to the end.

  • @fredrikkirderf2907
    @fredrikkirderf2907 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You should do a Jetlag season going on as many ghost flights as possible

  • @frodo322
    @frodo322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They used to do this with Canberra too, it was a Canberra Doha flight but it actually stopped over in Sydney which is where the majority of the passengers would get on. It stopped after the pandemic because Canberra is not a hot destination.

  • @antonh1709
    @antonh1709 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes, I flew this route as part of my trip from Singapore to Melbourne. Since I like freebies and traveling on miles, I found the availability Singapore - Doha - Melbourne - Adelaide. The booking systems did not show availability on the leg Doha - Melbourne, but did so on the flight Doha - Melbourne - Adelaide. Hence I booked a seat on this flight to Adelaide but got off in Melbourne.

    • @williamrech8062
      @williamrech8062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you have checked baggage or just hand luggage? No questions asked at immigration in Melbourne?

    • @antonh1709
      @antonh1709 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@williamrech8062 I did not check luggage - checked baggage could have traveled only to Adelaide. So if you intend to pull such trick - don't check bags. As for immigration - no issues, they don't care. I am Canadian so I used automated customs clearance lanes and don't remember talking to any official even. All pax clear customs in Melbourne anyway.
      In addition - upon exit the aircraft there was a lady asking disembarking people as to who travels onwards to Adelaide and who doesn't.

  • @stephaniet9875
    @stephaniet9875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Im glad you mentioned the forced illegal strip search of those women, we are not happy with a particular airline over here.

    • @carlosquinto1383
      @carlosquinto1383 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was forgotten about and only dug out as an excuse a few weeks into the questioning on the favoritism. If that was the real reason they would have said it from the start, it was so telling that that excuse was thought up after a while by some political spin doctor.
      Sure that was bad a few years ago but that wasn't the real reason for restricting competition with Qantas come on.

    • @stephaniet9875
      @stephaniet9875 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@carlosquinto1383i only first read about it a few weeks ago

  • @kikeb1534
    @kikeb1534 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I fly from doha to sydney and then to canberra, i guess that was the same idea.
    In this case 20 people where on a big A380 it was amaizing how fast take off.

  • @karlpark8575
    @karlpark8575 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This happens all the time. Many flights from Asia used to stop at Vancouver then onto Toronto in Canada. Because of restrictions on selling Vancouver to Toronto route to the domestic customers, it stopped doing that. Which is shame.

  • @sgbuses
    @sgbuses 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When can they offer this to Canberra as well?

  • @CigaretteSmokingGuy
    @CigaretteSmokingGuy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Awkward note: Sam doesn't know what Melbourne is known for...sponsor is a Melbourne based company!

    • @andrewjgrimm
      @andrewjgrimm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or maybe he really knew. :)

  • @ErnestJay88
    @ErnestJay88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just like many flight from "London (Heathrow) - Edinburgh" which is empty, but Airline keep operating it so they didn't lose Heathrow landing slots which is more expensive to get than operate an empty flight.

  • @mjblack2020
    @mjblack2020 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am very glad Ben's consent meme made it into the video, it made the video vastly more enjoyable to me! Thanks Ben.

  • @wisdomy736
    @wisdomy736 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    No way someone actually mentioned Adelaide and they’re not Aussie

    • @kaan-kaant
      @kaan-kaant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's already surprising enough if Adelaide gets mentioned by Aussies

  • @lauscho
    @lauscho 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    "This is going to be a long four-and-a-half minutes"
    Things you can say to your audience in an edutainment video that you can't say to your intimate partner!

  • @apache1234657
    @apache1234657 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:32 that was surprisingly spicey

  • @nekajuii
    @nekajuii 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:08 lmao it's the first time this channel uses a good meme. very nice Sam from Wendover Productions.

  • @jasminepumpkin8091
    @jasminepumpkin8091 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not entirely sure if I'm awake or dreaming still while I get up at a stupid time to get a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Adelaide. Yes I'm regretting booking a Qantas flight

  • @Goatcha_M
    @Goatcha_M 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    They could fly to Avalon International Airport.
    Its only 20 minutes further from Melbourne than Tullamarine but at the same time is very much a regional airport.

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, they could. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane all have nearby international airports which are not capped which they could fly to.

    • @yangliu128
      @yangliu128 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      No, I don’t think Qatar wants to associate themselves with Jetstar, Bonza and AirAsia yet

    • @johnhamilton6003
      @johnhamilton6003 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Does Avalon take international flights? I thought it was domestic only

    • @Goatcha_M
      @Goatcha_M 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@johnhamilton6003They opened the international terminal in December 2018 with Air Asia X flights to Kuala Lumpur twice a day. They'd added other companies and were about to open Vietnam flights when Covid hit and shut everything down.
      At present the International terminal is sitting empty afaik until either Air Asia comes back or some other company wants to take advantage of not having to deal with Tulla.
      Avalon's runway is big enough for A-380s, but the lounges can only really hold one flight at a time.
      I assume its cheaper for the airlines than Tulla, but I really don't know.
      I hope it re-opens international again. I used to work there and I miss it.

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@johnhamilton6003 Avalon is able to take international flights. Thus far it has only been used by low cost carriers from SE Asia

  • @christopherchapman9505
    @christopherchapman9505 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol awesomely interesting video.. thanks.
    Your voice sounds like a channel I used to watch
    “Coby eXplanes”

  • @macrusdidsmth
    @macrusdidsmth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pls come visit in Adelaide!! From Adelaide Australia 🇦🇺

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Basically Qatar airways couldn’t get permission for another flight to Melbourne. So Qatar airways fly to “Adelaide” 😉 it just happens to be via Melbourne first.

  • @bucket6386
    @bucket6386 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i think this is the first foreinger ever to pronounce Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and brisbane correctly, good job man, idc about the video you earned a sub just for that

  • @rickybobbyjr1581
    @rickybobbyjr1581 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was just in Adelaide, beautiful city.

  • @gnittegdellort
    @gnittegdellort 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Melbourne has the F1, Australian Open, MotoGP down the road, the Boing Day test, Melbourne Cup, known as the sporting capital of the world, and voted most livable city a bunch of times... it's fucking great here

  • @abhishekrao1525
    @abhishekrao1525 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    And here I am re-using straws and turning the heat down in the winter like a moron.

  • @danielsimons5706
    @danielsimons5706 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I believe there is another tweak... Melbourne airport has no curfew... I think this flight is at a time when it has to land in Melbourne since everyone else is closed.. that is also why id waits more than 90-120 minutes to continue to Adelaide

  • @NBAreelsZz
    @NBAreelsZz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I flew from Doha in Qatar to Melbourne about a month ago, on flight QR988, and there was only like 2 families out of the 100 or so people on the plane who were going to Adelaide from there.

  • @taukid421
    @taukid421 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lol, love the random Cutthroat Kitchen reference!

  • @RollcageTV
    @RollcageTV 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    #pronunciation With already two "accepted" pronunciations for Qatar, how is it that Sam managed to make up his own third unique way? 😂

    • @DannysGarage
      @DannysGarage 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then switches the pronunciation halfway through. Mind-boggling.

  • @Aresenal1739
    @Aresenal1739 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I’m Australian and I’m going to be honest, I don’t even know what the hell goes in Adelaide

    • @ashleymalamute
      @ashleymalamute 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I live in Australia and only just heard about this Adelaide thingy.

    • @Bob-Jenkins
      @Bob-Jenkins 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I bloody well live in the rAdelaide and I only just found out about it.
      What goes in Adelaide - race cars do, I mean I wouldn't think many people would have known there's a city, if you can see over the concrete barriers that separate the racing from the other side of the barriers I'm pretty sure it's like the German one. Tickets please, no soup for you, and behave otherwise there's going to be a definite case of getting poked with a stick, like the cops and school children carry. A school had a mass poking just the other day… the horror

    • @eris9062
      @eris9062 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      One time I checked a tourist guide for Adelaide, and it was literally just wine and beaches, it was an incredibly sad experience.

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm originally from Adelaide. I still don't know what goes on there. We used to be good at serial killing, but it seems they don't even do that anymore. As Paul Kelly sang, "The streets are so wide, everybody's inside, In A-del-aide."

    • @Bob-Jenkins
      @Bob-Jenkins 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@bugsygoo
      Well it's one more boring Thursday night in Adelaide
      Where it looks like everybody must have died
      There's no one on the streets and nothing on TV
      Down on Anzac Highway in my rusty old FV
      And I'm looking for some food to take away
      Finger licking kitten and a double fisted bun
      Well I've chewed and spewed and so I'm here to say
      Orange laminex Pizza bars get you down
      Yes we know it was the festival of art and all that stuff
      And the culture vultures still sat on a the fence
      Before you put your bum on those plush red seats take we look in your backyard
      Don't we need some changes to this town?
      Arty farty cities bring you down
      Don't we need some changes to this town?

  • @granthugo856
    @granthugo856 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You probably need to check your details before sprouting off. Qatar have flown DIRECT Doha to Adelaide QR914 and return QR915 a few hours later, most days since about 2016. You can also choose to fly via Melbourne to Doha.

  • @MeaHeaR
    @MeaHeaR 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's sitting currently under rego QTR-54Y "Adelaide to N/A" (6:31 am)

  • @monikarani4471
    @monikarani4471 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Please do not waste fuel

  • @JoshuaC923
    @JoshuaC923 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ah yes the Boeing 777-A320

  • @TS_Mind_Swept
    @TS_Mind_Swept 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's funny you mentioned the whole ghost flights to keep the time slot thing, cause that's what I was initially thinking wouldthe answer SuperVinlin

  • @gregiles908
    @gregiles908 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Growing up in Adelaide we were told that there's only 2 places in the world that international shipping refuses to take water on. The water is better now. Melb to Adelaide only has 20 mins of "flight", the rest is ascending or descending

  • @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION
    @ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    0:10 It’s a 777 but he shows an a320 💀

  • @janmuller6546
    @janmuller6546 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    No, in fact, buying something from bellroy is not great for the environment. Buying something from bellroy might just be less harmful than buying from other brands, but definitely worse than buying nothing at all. And it might actually be bad, if it encourages more consuming with this excuse. I think you taught us that yourself when you were talking about greenwashing.

    • @May-gr8bp
      @May-gr8bp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      on the one hand, sponsorships earn this channel money
      on the other hand, you have a good point about environmental ethics
      Who is right?

    • @ultradude5410
      @ultradude5410 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      If you *are* going to buy something though, I think it does make sense to buy from a company that does less environmental damage.

    • @thermitebanana
      @thermitebanana 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're angry because people on this as supported platform are advertising... ..Things.
      If you go to a shop you are absolutely going to lose it because the whole place is full of objects for sale

    • @paulebroderick
      @paulebroderick 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a nice key cover from Bellroy - very happy with it. I’m allergic to nickel so need to keep my keys away from my skin and it’s a neat and good quality solution!

  • @Isaac8243
    @Isaac8243 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    While it costs more to travel from DOH to ADL via MEL, it’s cheaper flying that route in reverse rather than taking the direct ADL to DOH service. Total flight time is longer with the MEL stopover but it’s under 2 hours returning to DOH. As you leave earlier in the morning from ADL you land in DOH the same day.

  • @fearlessjoe44
    @fearlessjoe44 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s some next level Skiplagging ✈️

  • @Turdfergusen382
    @Turdfergusen382 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hundred of flights a day are this way. There should be a minimum passenger limit for jumbo jets; or you have to board a smaller plane.

    • @carlosquinto1383
      @carlosquinto1383 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The government made the problem so more government ain't going to fix it.
      The fix would be to remove the anti competition law

    • @asdfssdfghgdfy5940
      @asdfssdfghgdfy5940 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Its a good idea but logistically impossible. Especially for international airlines. It would probably totally backfire as well because they would have to keep smaller planes around which then have to be ferried with no passengers so they can get back to where they need it.

  • @Ghiaman1334
    @Ghiaman1334 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Can we get governments to ban airlines from flying routes that have less than a certain percentage capacity onboard, like maybe 5 or even 10%?

  • @wildlifeshutterbug1719
    @wildlifeshutterbug1719 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the commentary. 👏👏👏🤣😂 Well done 👍

  • @SandyCrack69
    @SandyCrack69 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Something that if find half as interesting that you missed was that your sponsor Bellroy was partly created in the Melbourne suburb of fitzroy with the other place been Bells Beach which is a world famous place to surf which is an hour or so drive from melbourne

  • @BrettTomlinson
    @BrettTomlinson 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    The real question is, after forcibly strip-searching all of those Australian female passengers at gunpoint, why is Qatar allowed to fly to Australia at all?

    • @ButzPunk
      @ButzPunk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💰

    • @FrozenDung
      @FrozenDung 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because Qatar airways shits on cuntas

    • @autograndeunlimited
      @autograndeunlimited 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      They weren't held at gunpoint. They were just investigated because there was a newborn left abandoned

    • @magical_catgirl
      @magical_catgirl 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@autograndeunlimited It wasn't on board, it was found in the airport terminal. They held all flights and pulled off all females of child baring age for examinations, trying to find the mother of the abandoned baby. Armed airport security boarded the aircraft and pulled the women off the flights.

    • @autograndeunlimited
      @autograndeunlimited 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@magical_catgirl *correct it was at the airport

  • @johnsmith-le3le
    @johnsmith-le3le 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a sydney goer I can't understand what Melbourne is known for.

  • @notthatgay
    @notthatgay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watched this is in Melbourne international airport. Good timing Sam

  • @nddragoon
    @nddragoon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    why did the amazon crypto scam spambots decide to pick this specific video to flood

    • @D0cSwiss
      @D0cSwiss 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's not just this video, it's all the recent videos on this channel. As for why, I assume it's because the videos are popular enough to get attention towards their scam but not enough that they get caught super quickly.

  • @tomboard1
    @tomboard1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm in Hicksville Ohio USA and I know what and where Adelaide is. So does my phone dictionary. It's only a city of 1.3 million people. That's hardly in the sticks.