My First Tubroprop Experience: QF1477 SYD - CBR

[Arthur T]

As you all know, Floraide in Canberra is always awesome and attractive, and I decided to go Canberra for the Floraide. This year they launched a NightFest which makes things even more awesome.

As a member living in Sydney, Canberra is about 4 hours drive from there which is a complete waste of time. Furthermore like me who don't have a driving license, I won't tolerate to wait 3 hours for buses even book trains which runs 2x Daily only.

There are 2 carriers operating bewteen Sydney and Canberra frequently, which are QANTAS CityFlyer and Virgin Blue. Since no free meals would be served on Virgin Blue's flight and no luggage allowance, I decided to take QANTAS CityFlyer, which works for me (and you too mate!)

Flying time is just 30 minutes, which is 7x faster than trains and 9x faster than trains, less tired than you driving there, so just hop on and enjoy the flight and the report!

Flight Information

Operating Airlines and Flight Number: Sunstate Airways SSQ 1477
Codesharing Airlines and Flight Number: Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited QF1477
Origin: SYD - Sydney Kingsford-Smith
Destination: CBR - Canberra International Airport
Date: 26/9/2008 (Friday)
Estimated Departure Time: 1155
Actual Departure Time: 1200
Estimated Arrival Time: 1245
Actual Arrival Time: 1245
Stops: None
Transfers: None
Aircraft: Bombardier Q400
Rego: VH - QOC
Seat: 15B
Seat Class: Discounted Economy - O
QANTAS Frequent Flyer Miles Eligible: 1000
QANTAS Frequent Flyer Status Credits Eligible: 10
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles Eligible: 76
Velocity Points Eligible: 0

The first thing to do before depart - Check-in
(Of Course you can do it in the customer service desk inside customs if you don't have checked luggage)


Boarding Pass


A long bag drop queue

The staff at bag drop really catered me well, direct me where to board the flight and advised me the flight would be delayed by 5 minutes.

If you don't feel like booking a ticket, just buy it on the spot!


Have you win?


The First Aircraft of QANTAS - The Spirit of Australia


Flight Indicator


It's time to get through the customs


Let's have a look at our jet engines:

VH-ZXC, having a special mission tonight (7/10/2008) in Western Australia