Viva Macau to cancel SYD flights increase MEL flights

[Marty H]

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/13/337059/viva-macau-suspends-sydney-service-increases-melbourne.html

[Kieran Wells]

Thats a shame. Another international carrier suspending services. Love their livery. Hopefully they will resume as they suggest.

[Rich W]

Whats the reason for keeping and increasing Melbourne? Did they have significantly better loads from MEL? Or is it costing them too much at Sydney airport?

[lloyd fox]

Both according to travelweekly today.

I believe the loads are very full out of MEL .Linking 2 large casino cities also has helped.

There is also some doubt they will come back to Sydney in December it may be later according to the report today

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http://www.travelweekly.com.au/dirplus/images/travelweekly/TravelTodayPDF/14_01_2010.pdf

[Daniel M]

have been watching their loads the last week and not one flight has come in/gone out MEL with more than 100 pax....wouldn't say they are quite full by any means:confused:

[lloyd fox]

Daniel i read a trip report on another aviation board which stated the flight on 26 dec 2009 was 100% full.

The site was

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=548727&page=70:confused:

[JamesP]

I flew them SYD-MFM and MFM-SYD back in december, and neither flight was full. The SYD-MFM leg was at about 80~90% by my estimates, with a few empty seats here and there, enough for a few people to lay across the middle row of three seats.

The return leg was probably ~60% by my estimates, with at least the last 10 rows of the middle aisle occupied by people laying across the whole row (I probably should've done that and would've gotten a better night's sleep), while I had no one next to me in my window seat either.