Further to my post below, the ORD service has been cancelled and there are no plans to reinstate it. Not enough forward bookings apparently. Sorry, ORD boys, you'll have to go to LAX or JFK to nail some QF metal. Grant SYD QF ----- Original Message ----- From: Grant McKenzie <gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2004 10:16 pm Subject: Re: [Sky-1] QF to ORD (and Wunala Dreaming) > At 09:49 PM 07/01/04, you wrote: > >Does anyone know what happened to QF's flights into ORD that were > starting > >up last year? > > > >Did they scrap the whole service before it even began? > Considering how > >much they spent promoting it, does anyone know what caused the > turn around? > > > >James > > > It was suspended before it started as part of the cutbacks in the > wake of > the SARS outbreak and Gulf War double whammy. Hasn't been > reinstated yet > and I don't know when it will. I'll try to find out tomorrow. > > Also, to answer a previous post regarding Wunala Dreaming, the > reason why > the new design doesn't include the cowlings is that, as a piece of > art, it > is copyrighted and, under the terms of the agreement between QF > and the > artist, no alterations were allowed to the original design. The > only > exception was if, in the event of an engine failure or during > scheduled > maintenance, an engine had to be replaced while away from QF > Jetbase, the > aircraft could only be flown home to have the cowling replaced. In > other > words, it had to be removed from revenue service until restored to > original > condition. Ask Simon what a pain in the arse this was for the > maintenance > schedule. > > Grant > SYD > QF > > >