Qantas A380 refurbishment news and updates

[RB001]

VH-OQD will be back in the morning after a 5 week staycay in AUH

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The same OQD that we waved to on the 23rd?

 

[markis10]

Make that a 7 day staycay

 

[markis10]

Staycay extended by a day, leaving in a few hours

 

[D747]

Staycay extended by a day, leaving in a few hours

VH-OQD now Airborne - Arr: SYD 0817

 

[RB001]

OQD is back; a little late, but the roo is still on the tail...
Would have got a shot whilst passing through Sydenham, but my train was running on time.

 

[moa999]

Looks like OQI is off for maintenance as QF6021.

Seemingly heading to DRS rather than AUH to join Global Aviation's A380 (ex CZ).

Global Airlines Airbus A380 Completes Engine Testing: Service Set To Launch This Year

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At some point OQI also needs the new livery being still into he old. OQF (now scrapped) was the first repaint back in 2018.

 

[moa999]

Nice video of OQI landing in snowy DRS.
Even got a comment from the captain.

 

[markis10]

Won’t be repainted in DRS

 

[moa999]

Won’t be repainted in DRS

Yep. Not many A380 sized paint shops. Think the others have been repainted mostly in DXB (ed AUH)

 

[markis10]

Yep. Not many A380 sized paint shops. Think the others have been repainted mostly in DXB.

PUS and AUH have the paint shops

 

[mrflyby]

Interesting. OQC and OQL also have their logo removed on Flightradar, same as the 2 deregistered scrapped ones.

Does this mean that QF has decided not to refurbish these 2 and scrap them as well? It contradicts previous statements??

 

[markis10]

Means FR24 have determined these aircraft to be in storage, nothing else, OQL is due back in a few months, OQC next year should the wing spar corrosion be fixable economically.

 

[mrflyby]

Good to know. FR24 didn't do that to them while they were all in storage for COVID. Only now seemed strange.