Flight Review - Jetstar A320 Christchurch (CHC) to Wellington (WLG) JQ286 / VH-VGA -
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- Flight Review and Trip Report of Jetstar flight JQ286 from Christchurch International (CHC/NZCH) to Wellington International (WLG/NZWN).
This flight was on Sunday 23 May 2021, scheduled to depart at 0840h with a flight time of 50 minutes. The aircraft was an Airbus A320, (tail number VH-VGA), and I was in seat 7F
In-flight review and general flight observations. Includes take off and landing footage.
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Sorry - even though it's been a few years, I've STILL not updated the chapter timings yet...
0:00 Flight information and check-in
1:57 Security and boarding
2:55 Push back, taxi and take off
5:58 The Snack
6:42 The Plane
9:28 Approach, landing, and taxi
13:10 Disembarkation and Airport Exit MONTAGE
15:03 Summary
#Airport #Plane
Tomorrow will be my first time flying on Jetstar from CHC-WLG, thought i'd try another airline for a change., rather than just the usual norm. If i like what i see then i will consider a trans-tasman flight later this year 2024 I enjoyed your flight review as alway's!.👍
Just remember that they’re a budget airline, so you need to follow the rules, and it’ll be fine. I’ve flown a few budget airlines and they’re pretty basic, but they get you there, and generally at a lower cost. I hope your flight is awesome tomorrow!
How was your flight? What would you give it out of 10?
Another great video
Thanks so much - I really appreciate the positive feedback I get.
Nice montage 😂
Thanks!
Very well made video, awesome stuff!
Thank you so much. And to top it off you’re subscriber number 500! Whoop! Whoop!
@@SupersonicKiwi aha yes noticed that congrats!
As crew for Jetstar, VGA is 186 seats. There is only about 3 in the entire NZ/AU fleet that have the old 180 config, all of which (I think) have a ''Q'' in the rego.
All that sleuthing, and all I need to do was ask you and I'd have known the truth immediately! Your comment is very validating, and so I really really like it - thanks!
VQE, VQF, VQM, VQP, VQQ, VQR, VQW, VFY, YXQ, YXS, YXT, YXU, YXV, YXW, XNJ, XNN, XNI, XNP and XNW are all configured with 180 seats. 180 seats are the older seats, (which in my opinion are more comfortable), and they are callled the B/E Aerospace Pinnacle 1017029 & 1017030-series. Whereas the newer ones, the JetStar A320s that have 186 seats are made by Recaro, and are the BL3530 series. I find the newer seats to be more uncomfortable as they are more thin. I've flown on JetStar multiple times, and two of those times I was lucky enough to get one that had the 180 seat configuration (VQF and VQR). It is more comfortable than the 186 configuration from my experience.
Hope this helps the confusion a little. :)
Haha! There's a restaurant chain in America called Church's Chicken. Guess NZ has Christchurch's Chicken?
Hahaha! I don't even know what that comment was about - I think is was on a review of a flight in Romania a few years ago. I'm guessing it's related to my Kiwi accent, but who can say? I can solemnly swear that I've never ever seen a chicken in an airport in all of my life, but I'm always going to be on the lookout from now on...
@@SupersonicKiwi Yes. To a North American your "check-in" sounds like "chicken". ;)
@@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 shame you don't speak English
@@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341 ok, good to know!
i can agree that Jetstar need some more planes. i was meant to go to Queenstown with them in 2020, the flight was cancelled and the next day we had to fly up to Auckland then down to Queenstown :/
You were a day late, which sucks, but you did get two plane rides for the price of one! I hope they didn’t lose any of your luggage.
@@SupersonicKiwi good thing they didn't loose the luggage!
Hi I love your vids could you please tell me your editing software?
That's so kind of you, thanks! I use Premiere for the edit, and I think (hope) I'm getting better! There's a little bit of After Effects (for the information panels on the planes in Wellington), but I'm very new to AE, so this took we waaaaaay longer than I thought it would!
I also think they're getting better because I have more video to choose from and more in-flight audio (of announcements). The next one will be an international from about 4 years ago (because I miss flying in other parts of the world) and I'm struggling because I have so much less footage than I get now - even just to track taxiways and stuff. I'm also learning more about how airports and commercial flights work, and am trying to get that into the videos as well.
If you need to know more about the planes, airports etc I am a pilot at Jetstar.
I live in Christchurch and it's the best airport and it's all together
It certainly has that over Auckland. I'm based in Wellington and in the before times, when we could visit other countries and then return home again, it was definitely easier to transit between domestic and international in Christchurch than in Auckland. Although if I'm honest I had started transiting in Sydney and Melbourne more frequently as I find it quicker to do customs and passport control at the very beginning or very end of my journey.
had my first A320 flight from Christchurch. loved it!
i would avoid JetStar at all costs however
Air New Zealand are 10 time's better
I quite like A320s - I feel like they have slightly more headroom than the 737 or other narrow body aircraft, and certainly more stable in the air than turboprops. I'm not a Jetstar fan, although a few times I've been able to have holidays further away from home because of their much lower price point, and the crews are generally friendly enough. Anyway, thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment, I truely appreciate it.
yes i agree. arrived at gate 24 on NZ573@@SupersonicKiwi
You tell on yourself and how little you fly in and out of Christchurch when you proudly claim you've never used runway 11 or 29. You just haven't flown in our much loved Norwester
Yeah, I only get to CHC 3 or 4 times a year. Maybe one day I’ll get to experience 11 or 29.
Ha, that's weird, I replied from the wrong account! But it's true: I only get to CHC 3 or 4 times a year. Maybe one day I’ll get to experience 11 or 29.