Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Himeno]

Yes I had thought of that, but somehow my brain tells me there was an A330 stationed there. I cannot find a reference to that so yes it must have been the AKL tag flight

The 332 used to run SYD-AKL-LAX-JFK return 141/25/107/108/26/114

 

[Melburnian1]

Tuesday 1 November's longhaul QF12 from LAX to SYD departed 31 minutes late at 2301. Thursday 3 November should see a 50 minutes late, 0820 hours arrival occur.

 

[Melburnian1]

I may have missed something with this, but it appeared that QF10 is not operating into MEL tonight (Wednesday 2 November).

Quickstatus advises me that A388 VH-OQB arrived at LHR more than 24 hours ago, but did not form the usual QF10 (that is, on Tuesday 1 November ex LHR).

VH-OQE arrived in LHR on the morning of Wednesday 2 (afternoon AEDT).

Are these inoperable flights 'low season' cancellations due to lower demand?

 

[Quickstatus]

I'm not sure.

OQB is offline with FA,FR24. No posts on social media or other media.

Lower demand would not see 2 A380 arrive into LHR on the one day.
If it were lower demand the airline would send one into LHR and rest the other one in DXB as it has done on several occasions in the past.

if indeed it's still in LHR and I have no reason to believe otherwise then there will be major issues with the fleet's timetable.

 

[Flyerqf]

I'm not sure.

OQB is offline with FA,FR24. No posts on social media or other media.

Lower demand would not see 2 A380 arrive into LHR on the one day.
If it were lower demand the airline would send one into LHR and rest the other one in DXB as it has done on several occasions in the past.

if indeed it's still in LHR and I have no reason to believe otherwise then there will be major issues with the fleet's timetable.

QF9 and QF10 both weren't scheduled for 1 Nov. The A380 that arrived in LHR on 1 Nov sat in LHR for 24 hours. The A380 that arrived at MEL would have sat in MEL for a full day, although they did a swap and the QF93 this morning was operated by last nights in bound QF10. Tonight's QF9 is being operated by this mornings inbound QF94.

 

[Quickstatus]

Thanks flyerqf, what was the reason for the non schedule?

 

[Flyerqf]

Thanks flyerqf, what was the reason for the non schedule?

That I don't know, sorry!

 

[Melburnian1]

The ex-LAX QF12 into SYD on Thursday 3 November 2016 should be about 63 minutes late at 0833 with B744 VH-OEG.

 

[Quickstatus]

Interesting discovery you made Melburnian1 and insight by Flyerqf:
Most likely low demand period which as speculated for other routes tend to be on Tuesdays.

These flights are not timetabled so therefore not officially "cancelled". Potentially then "off topic"...

QF9 MEL-DXB on Tuesdays 1/11, 8/11, 15/11, 22/11
QF9 DXB-LHR on Wednesday 2/11, 9/11, 16/11, 23/11

Therefore incoming A380 which usually forms QF9 (usually QF10) will sit in MEL for 24 hours

QF10 LHR-DXB on Tuesdays 1/11, 8/11, 15/11, 22/11.
QF10 DXB-MEL on Wednesday 2/11,9/11, 16/11, 23/11

And one A380 incoming into LHR forming QF10 (usually QF1) will sit for 24 hrs before resuming.

Normal operations after 22/11 outbound and 23/11 inbound

 

[Comoman]

Flights Mel-Per and back seem to be delayed today. All over an hour

 

[Quickstatus]

Can you give some specific flights Comoman! and possibly share any announcements from the airline as to reason?

 

[Comoman]

Can you give some specific flights Comoman! and possibly share any announcements from the airline as to reason?

QF772 and QF762 -"Operational Reasons".

No idea what that means!

Edit to add - also QF476

Also QF580 Per-Syd also 90 mins late. No idea what's going on today.

 

[Melburnian1]

The Wednesday 2 November 2016 QF12 from LAX to SYD departed 64 minutes late at 2334. Friday 4 November arrival is suggested as 85 minutes tardy at 0855. This unpunctuality is despite the B744-operated QF12 'tag flight' arriving two minutes early in LAX at 2053 on Wednesday evening.

QF11 departed from LAX only 11 minutes late at 2216 hours on Wednesday but on Friday morning should be 80 minutes late at 090 hours. This will mean a delay to the Friday 4 November MEL - LAX 1015 hours timetabled QF93.

QF580 (1305 hours lunchtime departure from PER across to SYD) took off at 1337; arrival should be at 2034, 34 minutes late with A332 VH-EBO.

The 1830 hours Thursday 3 November QF460 (MEL up to SYD) was airborne at 1954, so arrival is anticipated at 2100 - 65 late. A332 VH-EBQ is the conveyance.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Friday 4 November 2016, QF411 (A332 VH-EBC, the 0730 hours SYD - MEL) took off at 0811 with arrival predicted as 32 minutes behind time at 0937. It has done a bit of a 'dog leg' from Mitta Mitta (Vic) which must be one of the ways for ATC to slow it down due to air traffic being fairly busy into MEL.

QF96 (B744 VH-OEJ), the 2255 hours Wednesday 2 late evening from LAX that was airborne at 2355 is arriving in MEL on Friday 4 at 0924, 69 minutes late. This is forming the 1115 hours QF29 from MEL to HKG so it should - just - be able to depart punctually if all goes well. However this turnaround does not allot any time for detailed maintenance.

A333 VH-QPA as QF6005 looks to be positioning empty from MEL up to SYD, having taken off at 0931, although it was scheduled to push back at 0830 hours.

The overnight from PVG, QF130 (A333 VH-QPI) is about half an hour light with arrival likely at 1015 in SYD.

 

[Melburnian1]

The Friday 4 November 2016 QF93 (MEL to LAX) looks to have been delayed for 24 hours until 1015 on Saturday 5 November in its departure.

Advice from any AFFers booked as to whether they received an hotel (and which one) for tonight, taxi or meal vouchers and so on would be appreciated.

UPDATE: This must have been a mistake on the QF website, as it was corrected with QF93 departing at 1026.

 

[Melburnian1]

Also on Friday 4 November, QF73 has been altered to depart SYD at 1815 early this evening instead of 1400 hours this afternoon. It does not seem to be formed by QF64 ex JNB as that arrived at a different gate number.

QF442 (1500 hours from MEL up to SYD, A332 VH-EBC) took off at 1618, so is arriving 63 minutes late at 1728.

 

[bismarck]

QF442 (1500 hours from MEL up to SYD, A332 VH-EBC) took off at 1618, so is arriving 63 minutes late at 1728.

442 had 50% toilets unserviceable including 2 in the J cabin. Captain said apparently that would usually be grounds to can the flight but scarcity of alternate seats out of MEL tonight caused them to decide to operate anyway.

In the lounge, J passengers were advised and offered carriage in alternate services if desired (don't think anyone availed themselves)

 

[Melburnian1]

442 had 50% toilets unserviceable including 2 in the J cabin. Captain said apparently that would usually be grounds to can the flight but scarcity of alternate seats out of MEL tonight caused them to decide to operate anyway.

In the lounge, J passengers were advised and offered carriage in alternate services if desired (don't think anyone availed themselves)

I was once on a SilkAir flight that had two out of three toilets inoperable: it still ran and was about a two and a half hour sector. There was also the infamous case of the male QF flight attendant who was sacked for stuffing blankets down toilets.

Fortunately QF442 wasn't operating during or immediately after a meal time (given that it departed about an hour late at 1600) so that would help in minimising demand for the loos, as would it being only an 85 minute scheduled sector plus time spent boarding and waiting to alight. Nonetheless a good decision, although how can the maintenance staff fix them during the next turnaround on a Friday night?

One would also wonder how half the toilets became inoperable during 10 hours of the day: are they being serviced properly each night? VH-EBC spent six hours in PER until late last night, ran to SYD and on QF442 was on the return of two round trips from SYD to MEL and back, so that is five one way flights (four of them short) with not huge turnaround time.

 

[JohnK]

SYD having issues today?

QF547 boarded about 15 minutes ago and QF549 only just started boarding and QF551 pushed back slightly too.

 

[Melburnian1]

Qf442 ended up arriving in SYD at 1722, with the aircraft as QF455 departing at 1816 for the trip south from SYD down to MEL. VH-EBC took off at 1832 so should arrive in the southern capital on this 1730 hours flight at 1940, 35 minutes behind schedule.

As JohnK indicated in the previous post, QF547 (1635 hours BNE - SYD, B738 VH-XZN) did not take off until 1720 so arrival is suggested at 1943 hours, 33 minutes tardy.