New sponsor - China Southern Airlines

[old dee 23,787]

Well I will be buttered on both sides after four years it has finally happened.PJ just made the announcement.

Announced on Fox Footy

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Great news. Hope they are not sister airline with Malaysia Airlines..........

[1964nowMORE 489]

Fantastic.....great quality airline with a serious presence based in Guangzhou. Well done

[SaberFang 7,151]

Interesting timing. Why not midday tomorrow?

Can see some great photo opportunities for this one though, brilliant news. Things finally going well both on and off field!

[whatwhat say what 22,742]

Where's the announcement?

What's the term and level of sponsorship?

[Pennant St Dee 13,171]

Great news. Hope they are not sister airline with Malaysia Airlines..........

Pretty sure the flight was actually one of those joint flights that airlines do together, could be wrong but there was a mention of a link in the reporting, could have been just some pasengers booked through China Southern

Just editing with this cut and pasted from news article

Investigators checking the identities of all the 227 passengers on the flight, particularly those who bought tickets through China Southern Airlines, which is a code share partner with Malaysia Airlines

Edited March 12, 2014 by Pennant St Dee

[Matt Demon 1,418]

Joint major sponsor? Don't tell me I need to buy another jumper!

[old dee 23,787]

Joint major sponsor? Don't tell me I need to buy another jumper!

Platinum Sponsor

[Dee Fan 3,247]

Platinum Sponsor

I was told we were after China Southern at least 4 years ago and i thought it was a lost cause; well done.

[old dee 23,787]

I was told we were after China Southern at least 4 years ago and i thought it was a lost cause; well done.

At an AGM four years ago CS said it was a few weeks away. Longest few weeks in history Robbie.

Does this mean we are playing games in China again?

LV will be happy he does not have to go.

[LeBron James 41]

Still can't see any evidence of this announcement.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Pretty sure the flight was actually one of those joint flights that airlines do together, could be wrong but there was a mention of a link in the reporting, could have been just some pasengers booked through China Southern

Just editing with this cut and pasted from news article

Investigators checking the identities of all the 227 passengers on the flight, particularly those who bought tickets through China Southern Airlines, which is a code share partner with Malaysia Airlines

Jeez Pennant, I was just joshin', but it's almost true!

Anyway, good work PJ.

[hardtack 10,537]

One thing is for certain... regardless of them being our new sponsor, there is absolutely no way known that I will ever fly with those a-holes ever again after my experience with them when I took my son to the US... three of four flights were delayed, with the only on-time leg being the return from Guangzhou to Sydney. On teh way, the flight left Sydney 2 hours late, the leg from Guangzhou to L.A was cancelled and the counter staff literally ran off leaving us to fend for ourselves and the leg from L.A back to Guangzhou was roughly 4 hours late. After repeated contact with the airline, they refused to take any responsibility or accountability. They are the absolute pits!

[old dee 23,787]

Still can't see any evidence of this announcement.

Announced on Fox Footy

[old dee 23,787]

One thing is for certain... regardless of them being our new sponsor, there is absolutely no way known that I will ever fly with those a-holes ever again after my experience with them when I took my son to the US... three of four flights were delayed, with the only on-time leg being the return from Guangzhou to Sydney. On teh way, the flight left Sydney 2 hours late, the leg from Guangzhou to L.A was cancelled and the counter staff literally ran off leaving us to fend for ourselves and the leg from L.A back to Guangzhou was roughly 4 hours late. After repeated contact with the airline, they refused to take any responsibility or accountability. They are the absolute pits!

They are paying us money so shhh

[hardtack 10,537]

Pretty sure the flight was actually one of those joint flights that airlines do together, could be wrong but there was a mention of a link in the reporting, could have been just some pasengers booked through China Southern

Just editing with this cut and pasted from news article

Investigators checking the identities of all the 227 passengers on the flight, particularly those who bought tickets through China Southern Airlines, which is a code share partner with Malaysia Airlines

Yes, the two passengers flying on stolen passports purchased their tickets through the partner China Southern somewhere in Thailand (Phuket?). The airline failed to run a check against the international database that contains records of all passports reported stolen (aparently this is a very common oversight by many airlines/countries).

[hardtack 10,537]

They are paying us money so shhh

No, screw 'em... I will ask the MFC to have a word with them about some form of compensation ;-)

[beelzebub 23,348]

I was told we were after China Southern at least 4 years ago and i thought it was a lost cause; well done.

Good onya Dees

Geez, love to dig up some posts we wrote years ago postulating such a thing...lol

Well....didnt happen overnight....but....

maybe it portends our gradual rise up the ladder...just maybe

[Matt Demon 1,418]

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[old dee 23,787]

One thing is for certain... regardless of them being our new sponsor, there is absolutely no way known that I will ever fly with those a-holes ever again after my experience with them when I took my son to the US... three of four flights were delayed, with the only on-time leg being the return from Guangzhou to Sydney. On teh way, the flight left Sydney 2 hours late, the leg from Guangzhou to L.A was cancelled and the counter staff literally ran off leaving us to fend for ourselves and the leg from L.A back to Guangzhou was roughly 4 hours late. After repeated contact with the airline, they refused to take any responsibility or accountability. They are the absolute pits!

Hartdtack my daughter works for Qantas who do all there boarding etc in Melbourne.

She says the planes are regularly late and the main reason is the air quality in China.

All Chinese airlines regularly arrive late as often the air viability is so bad that the separation between planes is increased so much that they leave and arrive according to Air traffic control.

I know that does not help you but she says anyone going to mainland china on any airline should bank on delays most days.

[old dee 23,787]

Good onya Dees

Geez, love to dig up some posts we wrote years ago postulating such a thing...lol

Well....didnt happen overnight....but....

maybe it portends our gradual rise up the ladder...just maybe

Have my fingers crossed bb

[hardtack 10,537]

Good onya Dees

Geez, love to dig up some posts we wrote years ago postulating such a thing...lol

Well....didnt happen overnight....but....

maybe it portends our gradual rise up the ladder...just maybe

I was all for them being a sponsor back then, but that was before my last trip with them in 2012. I can understand an airline having delays, but when they refuse to take any responsibility and leave the passengers in a lurch, they lose me completely.

[hardtack 10,537]

Hartdtack my daughter works for Qantas who do all there boarding etc in Melbourne.

She says the planes are regularly late and the main reason is the air quality in China.

All Chinese airlines regularly arrive late as often the air viability is so bad that the separation between planes is increased so much that they leave and arrive according to Air traffic control.

I know that does not help you but she says anyone going to mainland china on any airline should bank on delays most days.

Yes, I understand that OD, although Guangzhou in the south is less prone to such poor visibility... as I mention above, the delay is one thing, but literally running away and leaving your customers to arrange accommodation for the night/ temporary visas etc, is unforgiveable.

[old dee 23,787]

I was all for them being a sponsor back then, but that was before my last trip with them in 2012. I can understand an airline having delays, but when they refuse to take any responsibility and leave the passengers in a lurch, they lose me completely.

The culture of the area hardtack.

I deal with the area on imports from factory s there

As soon as there is a problem there is silence.

No one every admits they are in the wrong, just silence as it is a loss of face.

Not peculiar to Airlines.

Yes, I understand that OD, although Guangzhou in the south is less prone to such poor visibility... as I mention above, the delay is one thing, but literally running away and leaving your customers to arrange accommodation for the night/ temporary visas etc, is unforgiveable.

Loss of face, silence is normal

[hardtack 10,537]

The culture of the area hardtack.

I deal with the area on imports from factory s there

As soon as there is a problem there is silence.

No one every admits they are in the wrong, just silence as it is a loss of face.

Not peculiar to Airlines.

Understand OD... but that doesn't stop me from hounding them :-D