Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Tonight's 'holiday extra' QF17 to LAX departed SYD three hours an 13 minutes late at 2028. QF suggests that the aircraft (B744 VH-OEE) will not arrive LAX until 1425 on Saturday 20 December, two hours and 35 minutes late.

 

[RooFlyer]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

A bit of balance would be appreciated with that line of threads.

Got a good 'better than planned' QF story to provide said balance? Go right ahead, start a new thread.

 

[mannej]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Got a good 'better than planned' QF story to provide said balance? Go right ahead, start a new thread.

Totally not the point. Go check how large the other delay threads are that were created by the OP.

Very one-sided indeed.

 

[RooFlyer]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Totally not the point. Go check how large the other delay threads are that were created by the OP.

Very one-sided indeed.

Simply unsubscribe from the thread(s) and all those injustices magically disappear!

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Friday 19 December's relatively new runner, QF100, departed LAX 25 minutes late at 1955 but this morning was diverted to BNE where it was on the tarmac from 0344 to 0441. Was this due to a need to refuel given westerly winds encountered or was it a medical diversion? The flight arrived MEL at 0750 in lieu of the timetabled 0600 which given the circumstances is a pretty good effort.

 

[mannej]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Simply unsubscribe from the thread(s) and all those injustices magically disappear!

Thanks for the advice, it's a pity I'm not subscribed to any of these threads. Sorry for having an opinion.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

This morning's QF23 departed SYD an hour and 43 minutes late at 1138 with QF expecting it to be 80 minutes late into BKK at 1655. As the return QF24 is due out of BKK at 1815, it is likely to be at least a little late departing this evening Australian east coast daylight saving time. VH-QPJ is the late running aircraft.

 

[JessicaTam]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

I would suggest that if the OP follows a particular airline more than other airlines, then the number of delays posted would be commensurately higher.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

JessicaTam, one reason for a relative concentration on QF is very simple: it is in line with what AFFers view on this site.

I just looked at the numbers viewing the QF and VA FF discussions: respectively, 54 and 23.

That's 70 per cent viewing QF, above its infamous 'line in the sand' much quoted original target market share of 65 per cent.

I have however in line with mannej's excellent suggestion commenced VA, JQ, EK and PR delays threads among others. I will get around to doing more, but one difficulty is that for the smaller international airlines (as well as tiny Oz operators such as the new JetGo) any comments really have to be lumped into the 'other airlines' FF category, so they are not overly visible (although that applies to any threads commenced for these lower profile airlines.)

If mannej, QF staff or others do not like seeing such posts, they do not have to view them. Simple.

 

[Brettmcg]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

I still contend that this particular thread has no place within the QF Frequent Flyer section of this website. At best it should be within the Travel Info or General Discussion section. As far as I can tell it has nothing to do with the Frequent Flyer program or the ability to earn or burn points.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

QF172 from WLG this afternoon (due out at 1540) has yet to leave the Shaky Isles' windy city (which isn't living up to its reputation) and may depart in a couple of hours or so at 2330 for an uninspiring 0120 arrival on Monday 22 December in MEL. Not much good if one is trying to connect to ADL or similar.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

QF94 again departed LAX late (70 minutes). It should arrive MEL shortly at 1023, 43 minutes behind time.

QF93 is therefore delayed by a minimum 20 minutes this morning (1155 to at least 1215.)

Connections from elsewhere in USA might be adversely affected, there may be no available gates at LAX or departure slots, or crew 'slip' hours may be affected, but surely it would be sensible for QF to alter QF94 to depart LAX at least an hour earlier? This would give a bit more servicing time in MEL. It would also have the bonus of earlier morning connections from MEL to ADL, HBA and LST among other airports.

UPDATE: QF93 arrived at the MEL gaste at 1034 this morning but QF94 did not depart until 1252, 57 minutes late, with a predicted arrival of 0815 in LAX, 65 minutes late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Today's QF183 from MEL to AKL will not be departing until 1400 in lieu of its timetabled 0855, meaning an AKL arrival at a predicted 1920, four and three quarter hours late. Did the plane fail in MEL after stabling overnight?

The return working, QF154 will depart AKL three hours late at 2000 for a 2155 arrival in MEL.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

[FONT=Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif]The forecast delay for QF183 has become a 1530 departure ex MEL, with this six and a half hour tardiness being roughly twice that of the normal flight duration.

QF154 will be delayed even more so it may not have its passengers alighting in MEL until much before midnight.[/FONT]

 

[jman1234]

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It seems QF130 is significantly delayed. I wonder what happenned.

 

[RickyT84]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Connections from elsewhere in USA might be adversely affected, there may be no available gates at LAX or departure slots, or crew 'slip' hours may be affected, but surely it would be sensible for QF to alter QF94 to depart LAX at least an hour earlier? This would give a bit more servicing time in MEL. It would also have the bonus of earlier morning connections from MEL to ADL, HBA and LST among other airports.

One problem with your suggestion of an earlier departure from LAX is that QF would not be able to connect pax from JFK (who are travelling on QF108). It seems that the delayed departure of QF94 is often caused by the late running connecting service from JFK and pax connecting to MEL/BNE.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

This morning (Sunday 28 December 2014) QF2077 from MQL is 68 minutes late and not now due in MEL until 0928. This will delay QF2281, the 0900 to LST, until what teh QF website suggests is an optimistic 0945: more likely a departure in the region of 1000. QF2282 from LST will naturally be similarly delayed: QF has it back in MEL by 1215, half an hour late, but again this seems unlikely. Prsumably QF2283, the 1215 to LST, will then be delayed as if formed by QF2282 there is only a half hour turnaround in MEL for these flights.

With the Christmas holidays requiring tight rostering due to passenger demand, there is little scope for a delay to the first flight of the morning to be made up.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

QF9 from MEL (due out 2335 on Monday 29 December 2014) uneventfully departed 12 minutes late at 2347 but has been diverted to BAH, where it is about to land at a suggested 0630 but from Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker! it appears to be touching down as I write this,making it about 0620 at the gate.

The QF website suggests that the flight will then backtrack to DXB, departing BAH at a suggested 0745 local time for an 0945 arrival and 1130 departure in DXB, meaning a 1500 arrival at LHR in lieu of 1225.

A388 VH-OQL is the operating aircraft.

Does anyone know the cause? Many arrivals are in a holding pattern over DXB. Sandstorm? (I haven't looked up the weather.)

Does such a diversion mean that the tech or cabin crew (or both) are at or almost at maximum hours of duty?

 

[Ansett]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

QF9 from MEL (due out 2335 on Monday 29 December 2014) uneventfully departed 12 minutes late at 2347 but has been diverted to BAH, where it is about to land at a suggested 0630 but from Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker! it appears to be touching down as I write this,making it about 0620 at the gate.

The QF website suggests that the flight will then backtrack to DXB, departing BAH at a suggested 0745 local time for an 0945 arrival and 1130 departure in DXB, meaning a 1500 arrival at LHR in lieu of 1225.

A388 VH-OQL is the operating aircraft.

Does anyone know the cause? Many arrivals are in a holding pattern over DXB. Sandstorm? (I haven't looked up the weather.)

Does such a diversion mean that the tech or cabin crew (or both) are at or almost at maximum hours of duty?

Looks like it is due to Fog.

 

[Melburnian1]

Re: General Qantas Delays/Cancellations/etc. Discussion

Thank you Ansett, very kind clarification.

QF2 (VH-OQC) is approaching DXB ex LHR (this is the Monday 29 December departure ex LHR) but there is no indication that it will be diverted, though it may well have a wait to get into DXB. Presently it is shown as about 15 minutes early but that may be unrealistic. There are at least 13 aircraft in a holding pattern ahead of QF2.

Thankfully there should not be any delays to QF2 ex LHR on Tuesday (today) 30 December as a forecast 1500 arrival in LHR for QF9 still leaves plenty of time to prepare for the trip back to Oz - in this case, SYD.