Jetstar Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

Thursday 8 August sees JQ517 (1725 hours afternoon SYD down to MEL) cancelled.

JQ477 (1425 hours NTL down to MEL) was airborne at 1609 so arrival for A320 VH-VGA should be 1640 hours, 35 late.

The 1510 hours SYD - OOL, JQ418 had not taken off by 1627 so will be at least an hour late arriving.

A320 VH-VQM, the 1440 hours SYD - ADL was as at 1628 lined up for takeoff so is about 90 minutes late.

The 1435 hours mid afternoon SYD up to CNS, JQ958 (A321 VH-VWN) was further behind so is roughly two hours late - at least.

SYD may be down to single runway operations as at 1620 hours on Thursday 8 August. Confirmation would be appreciated as this often leads to peak period delays.

 

[Melburnian1]

Later on 8 August, JQ608, the 1750 hours AVV - SYD (A320 VH-VQJ) took off at 1854 so arrival is likely at 2004, 49 minutes tardy.

The 1755 hours MEL - BNE, JQ576, is not dissimilar, taking off 58 minutes after timetabled departure with arrival at its gate equivalent suggested as 2046, 41 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

With MEL as well as SYD down to single runway ops as at 1900 hours on Thursday 8 August (thank you to Silvia), many aircraft are holding.

JQ441 (1620 hours afternoon OOL - MEL airborne at 1706 with A320 VH-VQF) did this just east of Bendigo, so arrival is predicted at 1953, 68 minutes behind schedule.

The 1815 hours SYD down to MEL, JQ523 was airborne at 1902 with arrival after holding above Mt Buller likely at 2051, 61 late for A321 VH-VWT.

JQ609 is the 1815 hours SYD down to AVV, in the sky at 1902 with A321 (unusually!) VH-VWT. This aircraft is arriving at 2117, 77 late and normally returns to SYD, so it will be not far off arriving at 2300 hours (curfew time) even if it has a quick turnaround.

The 1715 hours MCY - MEL should arrive at 2106 hours, 81 minutes late with A3209 VH-VQA.

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ125, the Friday 9 August scheduled 0635 hours early morning ADL up to DPS did not take off until 0716, so arrival for A320 VH-VGJ is likely at 1054 hours, 39 minutes tardy.

The 0745 hours ADL up to CNS, JQ960 (A320 VH-VGY) took off at 0842 with suggested arrival at 1159 hours, 44 minutes behind schedule.

 

[Silvia]

Friday 9th of August finds JQ202 AKL-SYD (A320 VH-VFY) arriving at 10 11, 71 min late.
JQ761 ADL-SYD (A320 VH-VFU) arrived to gate at 10 29, 64 min behind.
JQ403 OOL-SYD (A320 VH-VGH) has been on holding pattern for a while, but should arrive at 11 11, 101 min tardy.
Similarly, JQ811 BNE-SYD (A320 VH-VQG) is expected at 11 14, 79 min behind.
JQ953 CNS-SYD (A320 VH-VGF) should arrive around 11 22, 58 min late.

This seems to be a pretty eventful Friday, to say the least!

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ506, the Friday 9 August 0915 hours morning MEL - SYD was airborne at 1146 with A320 VH-VQJ. Predicted arrival is 1251 hours, 131 minutes behind the timetable.

 

[Melburnian1]

In more on Friday 9 August, JQ413, the 1235 hours OOL down to SYD took off at 1420 with A320 VH-VQC. Arrival 95 late at 1535 mid afternoon is the prediction.

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ514 and JQ518, the 9 August 2019 scheduled 1520 and 1605 hours afternoon MEL - SYD were cancelled. So is to be JQ526, the 1845 hours and perhaps more.

The 1310 hours BNE down to SYD, JQ825 (A321 VH-VWX) took off at 1636 with arrival suggested as 1755, 190 late.

JQ661 from AYQ to SYD (VH-VQP) should arrive at 1828, 43 late.

 

[Silvia]

The originally scheduled 14 00 hours service JQ515 SYD-MEL was airborne at 17 20 and has a revised arrival at 18 37, 182 min tardy (A320 VH-VFU).

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ769 on Friday 9 August, the 1910 hours ADL across to SYD took off at 2006 with A320 VH-VQL but as with many other flights on thsi difficult operationally day has had to hold above Crookwell. Arrival looks to be 2243, 73 late.

JQ610 (2030 hours AVV up to SYD) took off at 2139 with arrival for VH-VQR likely at 2247, 52 minutes behind schedule.

The HBA - SYD JQ724 is cutting it fine for the SYD 2300 hours curfew with arrival suggested as 2258, 68 late for A320 VH-VQJ.

JQ959 from CNS to SYD is worse with arrival likely at 2308, 88 late and past the curfew time of 2300 for landing. It presumably has a dispensation. Aircraft is A321 VH-VWZ.

The BNE - SYD JQ819 (VH-VGO) is another "curfew breaker" with arrival likely at 2309, 54 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Saturday 10 August 2019, JQ784, the 0930 hours SYD up to MKY (A320 VH-VFK) was still in the very early stages of taxiing at 1032, so will be at least 50 minutes late.

From a quick look SYD may again be on single runway (east-west) ops. Disastrous for timekeeping on a busy Saturday morning, but maybe not so bad on Saturday afternoon, later, when airline traffic is less. Winds at 1030 hours were gusting to 54kmh.

 

[Melburnian1]

Delays are continuing from the SYD problems into Saturday afternoon, 10 August with JQ721 (1120 hours SYD down to HBA) airborne at 1242 hours. A320 VH-VQR shoud arrive at 1421, 66 late.

JQ954 (1055 hours SYD - CNS) took off at 1254 with A320 VH-VGF suggested as arriving at 1533, 88 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ523 (10 August 2019, the scheduled evening 1815 hours SYD - MEL) was airborne at 1934 and is arriving at about 2048 hours, 58 late with A321 VH-VWQ. 10 of this aircraft's 18 flights since it commenced flying on 8 August have been at least half an hour late. The weather hasn't helped.

 

[Melburnian1]

Saturday 10 August's 2235 hours redeye, JQ64, from SGN down to MEL did not take off until 0440 on Sunday 11, making for very tired passengers. Arrival should be at 1527 hours, 317 minutes late for B788 VH-VKH.

As a result, JQ1, the 1545 hours MEL - HNL should depart at 1730 this afternoon.

Earlier, the overnight DPS to MEL JQ36 was cancelled.

JQ7, the 1110 hours "twice a week, sometimes" MEL - SIN was also cancelled.

JQ1035 appears to be an extra to account for yesterday's cancellation and is a 1530 MEL - DPS showing as pushing back half an hour late.

Sadly, just another disastrous day for JQi passengers. Why anyone books internationally with this outfit, where one doesn't even receive what one has paid for, is a mystery. MEL_Traveller and Quickstatus' assertions re JQ not having sufficient B788 aircraft to operate the published timetables become truer by the day.

JQ520, the 11 August 1630 hours ME: - SYD is a domestic cancellation.

 

[Silvia]

Also to add into the B788s disasters, JQ61 SYD-SGN has a revised departure at 19 20, 240 min behind schedule.

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ18, the Sunday 11 August 2019 HKT to MEL due to depart at 2220 took off early at 2228 but diverted to SIN.

Was this because JQ8 (normally due to arrive in MEL at 0620 hours twice a week) was cancelled? B788 VH-VKF then took off from SIN at 0330 hours with MEL arrival on Monday 12 estimated at 1221, 151 minutes tardy.

The DPS - MEL JQ36 arrived at 0826, 126 minutes tardy.

JQ43, the 0915 hours MEL - DPS is predicted to push back 45 late.

Due to JQ1 being delayed yesterday awaiting an available aircraft, JQ2 from HNL to MEL is arriving 65 late at 1600 on 12 August.

UPDATE: JQ43 (B788 VH-VKB) departed at 1011, took off at 1022 and is expected to be at its gate in DPS at `407 hours, 52 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

The LST to SYD 0940 hours, JQ746, took off at 1027 on Monday 12 August so arrival for A320 VH-VQR is predicted 38 minutes late at 1153 hours.

JQ508 (A321 VH-VWU, the 1005 hours MEL - SYD) was in the sky at 1121 with forecast arrival 1228 hours, 58 late.

JQ474 (1210 hours MEL - NTL) pointed skywards at 1303 with suggested arrival 1414, 34 behind for A320 VH-VGA.

 

[dajop]

JQ7, the 1110 hours "twice a week, sometimes" MEL - SIN was also cancelled.

... Why anyone books internationally with this outfit, where one doesn't even receive what one has paid for, is a mystery. MEL_Traveller and Quickstatus' assertions re JQ not having sufficient B788 aircraft to operate the published timetables become truer by the day.

JQ 7/8 (MEL-SIN-MEL) has also been cancelled on Sun 25 Aug. I have a theory that the cancellations "due to operational reasons" that afflicts this route (almost always on Sundays) has nothing to do with insufficient aircraft, but instead loads. Purely commercial, that with three flights going within a few hours of each other, the QF group looks at the overall loads and moves JQ pax over to QF if not sufficient loading. A win-win. JQ pax happy as they get QF service for JQ prices, QF group happy as they don't fly around 3 x half empty aircraft. Noticed the pair was cancelled on 2, 9 & now 25 Aug, but not on 18 Aug - it would seem that SIN-MEL (JQ7, QF35 and QF37) are quite full on that day, therefore probably commercially sensible to continue the flight. Also doesn't seem to happen so much on the Wed JQ7/Thu JQ8 as I think that aircraft has maintenance done in SIN, as it has a 28 hr turnaround instead of 4 hour turnaround on the Sunday flights.

On a personal note, my partner & I and our extended families have had 5 experiences with JQ7/8:
Mar 2018 - JQ 8 delayed 9-10 hours
Aug 2018- JQ 8 cancelled (moved to QF 36)
Apr 2019 - JQ 7 cancelled (we were planning to change flights anyway, so elected for refund)
Aug 2019 - JQ 7 cancelled (moved to QF 35)
Aug 2019 - JQ 8 cancelled (moved to QF 36)

 

[Melburnian1]

JQ 7/8 (MEL-SIN-MEL) has also been cancelled on Sun 25 Aug. I have a theory that the cancellations "due to operational reasons" that afflicts this route (almost always on Sundays) has nothing to do with insufficient aircraft, but instead loads. Purely commercial, that with three flights going within a few hours of each other, the QF group looks at the overall loads and moves JQ pax over to QF if not sufficient loading. A win-win. JQ pax happy as they get QF service for JQ prices,...

On a personal note, my partner & I and our extended families have had 5 experiences with JQ7/8:
Mar 2018 - JQ 8 delayed 9-10 hours
Aug 2018- JQ 8 cancelled (moved to QF 36)
Apr 2019 - JQ 7 cancelled (we were planning to change flights anyway, so elected for refund)
Aug 2019 - JQ 7 cancelled (moved to QF 35)
Aug 2019 - JQ 8 cancelled (moved to QF 36)

I can't work out whether you are extremely savvy (paying a lower fare on JQ and knowing you'll have an extremely good likelihood of being on QF metal), audacious risk takers or just plain old gluttons for punishment (the latter because if your strategy backfires, you end up on what I perceive as coughpy JQ).

 

[dajop]

I can't work out whether you are extremely savvy (paying a lower fare on JQ and knowing you'll have an extremely good likelihood of being on QF metal), audacious risk takers or just plain old gluttons for punishment (the latter because if your strategy backfires, you end up on what I perceive as coughpy JQ).

Sometimes you take what you get. For the relatives - a family - the savings are significant, and the product difference isn't all that significant vs QF. Pack some sandwiches, a water bottle and a few chocolates and other snacks, load up the ipad (or pay $11 for IFE) and it's good to go (and if you move to QF it's a bonus). For us ... right price + right timing, and better than Scoot (unlike Scoot, JQ has both adjustable headrests and seatback PTVs available for a fee). 6.5 hr overnight flights in economy are never fun, whichever carrier you take.