Qantas A380 reliability issues creeping up again?

[sudoer]

More F lounge time

Boarding started at 3:15pm and we've been stuck onboard since - currently 3h30m.

The crew have given out a bag of pretzels and refilled people's water bottles, and we're able to get up and walk around.

 

[RSD]

Boarding started at 3:15pm and we've been stuck onboard since - currently 3h30m.

The crew have given out a bag of pretzels and refilled people's water bottles, and we're able to get up and walk around.

Hopefully you don't have connecting flights that are going to be missed!

 

[Captain Halliday]

They've sourced the part they think will fix the problem, ETA for the aircraft to be "serviceable" is 7:30pm - 4h45m late

Keeping you on board so you don’t drink the F lounge dry.

 

[sudoer]

Hopefully you don't have connecting flights that are going to be missed!

Just the onwards SIN-LHR leg so no risk of a misconnect for me.

There are plenty of folk onboard asking questions about their connections to elsewhere in Asia and Europe, but I've been impressed at everyone's patience and attitude. If this was a JQ flight to Bali there'd have been a riot by now.

If we do get going tonight, it will be interesting to see whether the SIN J and F lounges are kept open. It would be a significant extension of opening hours - I believe they usually close at 11pm, and we'll be due to land somewhere around 1-2am..

 

[RSD]

Just the onwards SIN-LHR leg so no risk of a misconnect for me.

That is not quite so bad then.

There are plenty of folk onboard asking questions about their connections to elsewhere in Asia and Europe, but I've been impressed at everyone's patience and attitude. If this was a JQ flight to Bali there'd have been a riot by now.

That is good at least - and totally agree about it being a riot if it had of been a JQ flight to Bali - a JQ flight to Bali is nearly a riot when it leaves on time...

 

[RSD]

If we do get going tonight, it will be interesting to see whether the SIN J and F lounges are kept open. It would be a significant extension of opening hours - I believe they usually close at 11pm, and we'll be due to land somewhere around 1-2am..

One would hope that they do keep the lounges open - there are probably people off other flights ex-Oz that are picking up QF1 in Singapore that might be keeping the lounges open.

 

[kpc]

Boarding started at 3:15pm and we've been stuck onboard since - currently 3h30m.

Seriously stuck on board on the ground for 4+ hours (by the time you get going) would really test my patience!

 

[elanshin]

Seriously stuck on board on the ground for 4+ hours (by the time you get going) would feally test my patience!

I had that last time. Boarded a 330 bound for ICN. Kinda fell asleep whilst at the gate. Woke up 2.5h later and we were still at the gate. They thought they could fix the problem in 30mins for 3hours.

 

[sudoer]

One would hope that they do keep the lounges open - there are probably people off other flights ex-Oz that are picking up QF1 in Singapore that might be keeping the lounges open.

Spare a thought for them - they probably still don't know that tonight's QF1 SIN-LHR will be delayed by several hours.

Neither the Qantas app nor Changi website reflect any delay...

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Seriously stuck on board on the ground for 4+ hours (by the time you get going) would feally test my patience!

We're now at 4h10m after boarding. Part installed and tests completed successfully, now we are waiting for paperwork and refuelling

 

[Jacques Vert]

Woke up 2.5h later and we were still at the gate.

Did you think you had arrived in ICN and had missed the entire flight?

 

[RSD]

Spare a thought for them - they probably still don't know that tonight's QF1 SIN-LHR will be delayed by several hours.

Neither the Qantas app nor Changi website reflect any delay...

They might have drunk so much by the time you get to SIN that you could have a JQ riot on the next leg to LHR!

 

[Melburnian1]

The delayed QF1 (which I am updating in the QF delays/cancellations thread) went 'live' on FR24 at about 1945 hours SYD time so it may well be shortly underway on the first sector to SIN.

 

[sudoer]

Can confirm we are moving !

 

[elanshin]

Can confirm we are moving !

Hope you have a safe flight to SIN/LHR.

 

[RSD]

Can confirm we are moving !

Big thumbs up to that news!

 

[Melburnian1]

Can confirm we are moving !

From looking at FR24, it pushed back at c.1949 hours, 304 minutes late.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Can confirm we are moving !

Look on the bright side: EU261

 

[Melburnian1]

QF1 was airborne at 2004 hours.

 

[sudoer]

We are sorry to let you know your flight time on QF1 departing from Singapore on Sat 7 Sep at 23:15 arriving in London on Sun 8 Sep at 10:15 has changed and is now departing from Singapore on Sun 8 Sep at 02:55 arriving in London on Sun 8 Sep at 10:15.

 

[Himeno]

Look on the bright side: EU261

Doesn't apply.
UK/EU261 only applies to QF flights departing from Europe.
If it was BA16 it would count, but only for the people going past SIN to LHR.