milehighclub
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ZNE is due to fly to SYD tonight as a ferry flight at 1900 - was waiting for a part from SYD.
ZNE did not depart as planned today. It is still in MEL.Friday : Yet another B789 related delay. Today's QF17 SYD-LAX has been delayed until 13:00 AEDT Saturday - just over 15 hours. New arrival time in Los Angeles 07:45 PST Saturday.
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... and pushed back with QF17 SYD-LAX 15 hrs 42 minutes late at 14:07 AEDT. The revised arrival time in Los Angeles is still 07:45 PST, 15 hrs 5 minutes late.ZNA is being ferried to SYD.
The immediate effect of the Chimu Special going ahead (QF1336 B789 VH-ZNB), was the cancellation of todays QF27/QF28 SYD-SCL-SYD rotation.Meanwhile the cash register will be ringing for Qantas with B789 VH-ZNJ about to return to Sydney having operated an Antarctic Charter for Antarctic Flights. There are two further Antarctica charters tomorrow, another Antarctic Flights one from Perth, and a Chimu Special to the South Pole from Melbourne.
Will be interesting to see what impact these have on normal B789 revenue services tomorrow. A known impact is that QF10 will turn around in Perth for the following QF9, the Melbourne feeder flights having been removed from the schedule some time ago.
These charters getting in the way of schedule reliability will start becoming very expensive for QF.The immediate effect of the Chimu Special going ahead (QF1336 B789 VH-ZNB), was the cancellation of todays QF27/QF28 SYD-SCL-SYD rotation.
Monday : Seems Qantas Flight Status should have said delayed 24 hours, as QF27 SYD-SCL (B789 VH-ZNC) pushed back in Sydney this afternoon at 13:02 AEDT, 24 hours and 27 minutes late.The immediate effect of the Chimu Special going ahead (QF1336 B789 VH-ZNB), was the cancellation of todays QF27/QF28 SYD-SCL-SYD rotation.
Which means the 3yr Heavy Duty maintenance (~2 weeks) on ZNJ & ZNK will slip further, as the current schedule doesn't allow for two B789s to be grounded, as we saw when ZNE was out for 3 ½ days.Looks like ZNG is out until the 12/12 at this stage.
These charters getting in the way of schedule reliability will start becoming very expensive for QF.
Looking forward to next Sunday, where there will be one Antarctica flight by each charter company, the revenue flights that have been withdrawn are : QF7/QF8 SYD-DFW on Saturday, and QF63/QF64 SYD-JNB on SundayWhile I’ve no doubt these charters are lucrative for QF, they are coming at the expense of scheduled cancellations.