On wednesday 10 August, the 0900 CAN - MEL, CZ343 (A333 B-5939) took off at exactly 1000 (about 40 minutes behind) so arrival should be at around the 2134 mark, 64 minutes late.
CZ343, the 0900 Monday 15 August 2016 CAN - MEL took off at 0952. A333 B-5951 should arrive at approximately 2106, 36 minutes late.
Although CZ301, the 0820 CAN - SYD (A333 B-5922) took off at 0857 which was a quicker taxi compared to the pushback time for the MEL flight, it is comparatively later into SYD with arrival suggested as 2049, 69 minutes behind time. CZ302, the scheduled 2145 hours back to CAN will probably come very close to 'missing curfew' unless it can fulfil the criteria required by 'the delegate' (although it is possible to turn A333s around in 65 minutes if all goes well.)
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On Saturday 22 October 2016, CZ3071, the redeye from SZX to SYD is very late with arrival of A333 B-6502 likely at 0839 instead of 0645, 114 minutes late.
On Saturday 5 November, CZ3071 (the Friday 4 1930 hours SZX - SYD that took off at 2023) is arriving at 0814, 34 minutes behind schedule. Aircraft is A333 B-6112.
UPDATE: With the wind restricting SYD mostly to one runway on Saturday 5 November, CZ326, the 1125 SYD - CAN took off at 1236 hours. Arrival is predicted for 1853 hours, 78 minutes behind time. A333 B-5922 is the aircraft.
The Tuesday 5 November 2016 CZ333 (0900 hours CAN - MEL, A333 B-5951) took off at 0951. It should be at the MEL terminal at about 2208 hours, 38 minutes past its allotted arrival time.
A week after the previous post, this time on Thursday 24 November, CZ3071, the 1930 hours Wednesday 23 SZK to SYD that took off at a much delayed 2226 hours should arrive SYD at 1033 rather than 0740 - 173 minutes behind schedule. The plane is A333 B-6500.
On Saturday 26 November, due to the 30 per cent reduction in fuel availability at MEL due to a batch of imported fuel (from SIN) not meeting specifications, CZ344 (the 1130 hours MEL - CAN) is being altered to operate via BNE for a fuel stop.
This will typically add about 90 minutes to the total trip duration and cost the airline thousands of dollars. What would the mainland Chinese think of MEL's problems as a major international airport (and a growing one) that seemingly cannot provide sufficient redundancy in its fuel storage facilities to cope when a batch of imported fuel is unsatisfactory?
Due to the 88 millimetres of rain in BNE 9airport, not city) between 0615 and 0830 on Saturday 26 November, CZ382 (0955 hours BNE - CAN, A333 B-5966) had not taken off by 1104 hours.
The Monday 12 December CZ381, the 2120 hours from CAN down to BNE (A333 B-5917) is shockingly late with takeoff at 0813 hours on Tuesday 13. It should be at its destination gate in the Sunshine State at around 1856 instead of 0830 hours, more than 10 hours tardy.
Sunday 11th CZ301 CAN SYD got almost to the top of Australia and returned back to CAN due to mechanical hydraulic issues ..they decided better service in CAN Flight was cancelled along with the CZ302 service SYD CAN.... Some pax were put onto CZ601 with a 10 hour delayed arrival into SYD
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