Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

Ha! We've just been advised that QF7008 isn't departing until 19:30 AKL time. The plane is here, just not at a gate.

I can't fathom why it takes 3hrs to turnaround an empty plane specifically flown here to pickup delayed passengers.

Does QFi have to wait for food and drink carts (catering) to be ready given the relatively limited notice of the diversion? Given there's a crew available, I too can't proffer any more reasons. One assumes the airport could transfer you by bus to the B789 if an aerobridge is unavailable.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Does QFi have to wait for food and drink carts (catering) to be ready given the relatively limited notice of the diversion? Given there's a crew available, I too can't proffer any more reasons. One assumes the airport could transfer you by bus to the B789 if an aerobridge is unavailable.

They've had 8hrs knowledge so it can't be limited notice. The plane is nearby so they could bus (see photo). There is another QF Sydney bound flight also delayed, perhaps they just have wires crossed here?

 

[SeatBackForward]

Awaiting cabin crew from another flight is the reason for the delay supposedly.

 

[Melburnian1]

The diverted via NAN and then AKL QF8 is showing as departing the latter at 1900 hours on Saturday 25 January with SYD arrival at 2005 hours. Yet other AKL - SYD recent flights seem to have a flight time from about two hours 53 minutes upwards, excluding taxiing at each end, so this QFi prediction may be a little on the optimistic side.

 

[SeatBackForward]

The diverted via NAn and then AKL QF8 is showing as departing the latter at 1900 hours on Saturday 25 January with SYD arrival at 2005 hours. Yet other AK - SYD recent flights seem to have a flight time from about two hours 53 minutes upwards, excluding taxiing at each end, so this QFi prediction may be a little on the optimistic side.

Still showing 19:30 here..

 

[Melburnian1]

One I missed earlier on Saturday 25 January was QF11 that pushed back 28 late in SYD at 1138 hours with same day LAX arrival to be half an hour behind at 0630 hours.

'The 79' is much more tardy, departing MEL at 1348 (268 late) so NRT arrival is likely at about 2147 mid evening, 247 behind time. Thais was due to teh FRiday night QF80 diverting via CNS, where it spent from 0417 to a lengthy 0747 hours, arriving MEL at 1200 'high noon', 170 late.

Tonight though it'll be QF62 (scheduled 1930 ex NRT) that will be delayed, the estimate of pushback being 2225 hours for Sunday 26 Australia Day arrival at 0840, 180 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

A Saturday 25 January report in 'The Weekend Australian' quotes a Qantas spokesman saying that QF9 PER - LHR is carrying between 10 and 30 fewer passengers than (full complement) due to the forced via Afghanistan overfly situation (because of Iranian problems).) This is far less severe than what had been the original offloading prediction of 90 passengers.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Looks like the A380 is finally departing AKL. Why they couldn't have loaded the QF8 passengers onto it will baffle me..

 

[jb747]

The diverted via NAN and then AKL QF8 is showing as departing the latter at 1900 hours on Saturday 25 January with SYD arrival at 2005 hours. Yet other AKL - SYD recent flights seem to have a flight time from about two hours 53 minutes upwards, excluding taxiing at each end, so this QFi prediction may be a little on the optimistic side.

From the flight plan, the time is 2:26.

Looks like the A380 is finally departing AKL. Why they couldn't have loaded the QF8 passengers onto it will baffle me..

Because they wouldn't have had a cabin crew for it.

 

[SeatBackForward]

From the flight plan, the time is 2:26.



Because they wouldn't have had a cabin crew for it.

They didn't have a cabin crew for the replacement 787 either.

 

[DC3]

Still showing 19:30 here..

Is 7.30pm in NZ yet?

 

[SeatBackForward]

Is 7.30pm in NZ yet?

Just ticked over and all self loading freight is onboard. So all up, QF8 today will have taken 29hrs.

 

[Melburnian1]

Just ticked over and all self loading freight is onboard. So all up, QF8 today will have taken 29hrs.

Your regular updates have been informative, great and at times very funny. Terrific.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Your regular updates have been informative, great and at times very funny. Terrific.

We're onboard now, and the irony is, we might be delayed further offloading bags for passengers who aren't here..

 

[Melburnian1]

We're onboard now, and the irony is, we might be delayed further offloading bags for passengers who aren't here..

Amazing that there may be 'no shows' when one would think after such long delays, all would be anxious to arrive home.

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QF8 departed AKL at 1902 hours on Saturday 25 January with SYD arrival estimated as 2007 hours.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Amazing that there may be 'no shows' when one would think after such long delays, all would be anxious to arrive home.

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QF8 departed AKL at 1902 hours on Saturday 25 January with SYD arrival estimated as 2007 hours.

20:02 and we haven't moved yet...

 

[Melburnian1]

20:02 and we haven't moved yet...

Thankfully you've a couple of hours up your sleeve before the SYD curfew kicks in, and even then the Minister for Transport's delegate seems very willing to almost always issue a 'yes' for a dispensation.

QF55, the 2035 hours BNE - LAX is predicted to instead depart late tonight at 2310 hours, arriving at 1805 instead of 1525. This may well have something to do with SeatBackForward's B789 having to travel to AKL and back tonight to SYD.

B789 VH-ZND on QF7008 departed AKL at 2006 hours, expeditiously taking off at 2022. SYD arrival was displaying as 2020 hours but a minute after takeoff it was updated to 2108.

QF43 departed SYD 25 minutes late at 1715 with DPS at gate arrival likely at 2030 tonight, half an hour tardy.

 

[Quickstatus]

what’s the status credit situation for a DFW-NAN-AKL-SYD.
plus would be a minimum 2 x ~
.........
The total elapsed time from takeoff DFW to landing AKL was 17.5hrs.
The total elapsed time would have been 18.5 hrs had it arrived in BNE.
@jb747, what would be the actual pilot hours in this case if they actually went to BNE.

 

[DC3]

what’s the status credit situation for a DFW-NAN-AKL-SYD.
plus would be a minimum 2 x ~

I would expect no more than for original ticketed routing, unfortunately.

 

[jb747]

The total elapsed time from takeoff DFW to landing AKL was 17.5hrs.
The total elapsed time would have been 18.5 hrs had it arrived in BNE.
@jb747, what would be the actual pilot hours in this case if they actually went to BNE.

The clock starts at report time, which is one hour prior to the planned departure.

Planned departure from Dallas was at 01:01 UTC, so the timing starts one hour before at 00:01. The FR24 trace ends at 20:06 UTC, so they've actually exceeded 20 hours. But, you then need to add another 15-30 minutes for the post flight, so their actual duty period would have been about 20:35.

Going to Brisbane would have added another 200 or so nautical miles, or about 25 minutes. So, if they'd gone to Brisbane, 21:00.

By my maths, they should not have departed Nadi.