Qantas Delays/Cancellations

On Wednesday 3 May, QF21 (1245 hours MEL-DFW, B789 VH-ZNA) was in the sky at 1518 so expected at gate arrival on the same day should be around 1542 hours, 117 minutes tardy.

A388 VH-0OQH is on the delayed QF12 to which KK17 above refers: it took off from LAX at 1042 hours on Tuesday 2 so arrival in SYD during 3 May's early evening should be 1903 hours at its gate, 678 minutes behind schedule.

OQD is on the 2 May scheduled late night QF12 (2340 hours ex LAX being the timetable) but departure is predicted to be at 0100, 80 late.

Coin toss indeed!
 
Anyone know why QF79 to Haneda was cancelled today as we’re due to fly in a couple of weeks and have a connecting DONE4?
 
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Continuing with Wednesday 3 May, QF1, the 1510 hours SYD-SIN-LHR (A388 VH-OQJ) was not airborne until 1627 so expected gate arrival in Singapore becomes 2220 hours, 50 minutes late, making arrival within 15 minutes of schedule in London tomorrow morning local time impossible.

Today's LHR arrival had OQG, arriving 69 late at 0744 depite being only 22 late into SIN at gate last night.

QF9 from PER to LHR (B789 VH-ZND) arrived LHR at 0557 hours, 52 minutes tardy. It's generally a better timekeeper than 'the 1'.
 
On Thursday 4 May 2023, QF128 from HKG down to SYD (A388 VH-OQK) is expected to arrive at 0808 hours, 83 minutes late. QF127 had been 57 late arriving in HKG yesterday.

It looks like from 29 April 2023 that these flights have become a smaller A333 four days a week, retaining the A380 on the other three days.

QF12 is again badly delayed, with VH-OQD expected to arrive ex LAX in SYD at about 0943 hours, 118 minutes late. Yesterday, VH-OQH arrived on the previous QF12 during mid evening at 1941 hours, 716 minutes late.

'The 12' has been significantly late for four consecutive days. Not great given the super high fares QFi charges on this route. Many passengers with further to go than Sydney would miss air or surface connections.

OQJ is on QF1 from SIN to LHR with predicted gate arrival becoming 0722 hours, 47 late.

B789 VH-ZNF from PER to LHR should be in before that, with suggested arrival at 0538 hours bright but not early, as it'll be 33 late.
 
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Melburnian1 said:
A333 VH-QPB remains in HND, unsurprising given the extremely limited slot times at which aircraft can depart. Hopefully it's southbound down to Oz tonight.
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It operated a circuitous route to BNE taking more than 11 hours:
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Wednesday's QF63/64 SYD-JNB-SYD rotation (B789 VH-ZNH) departed Sydney an hour late, and although making up 20 minutes in to Jo'burg, was 66 minutes late departing, for a Sydney arrival this afternoon at 14:38 AEST, 73 minutes late.
There appears to be a short flow-on with QF7 SYD-DFW currently showing a 20 minute delay, for a 16:00 AEST Sydney departure, with a similar delay into Dallas.

Also Wednesday - QF93 MEL-LAX (B789 VH-ZNB) was 169 minutes late departing Melbourne (having arrived on time with QF10), however made up over an hour of that time, to be into Los Angeles 102 minutes late.
It appears that ZNK (after a day in LAX maintenance) will be bringing the return QF94 back, so no flow-on delay.
 
789nerd said:
There appears to be a short flow-on with QF7 SYD-DFW currently showing a 20 minute delay, for a 16:00 AEST Sydney departure, with a similar delay into Dallas.
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Best laid plans, etc ... B789 VH-ZNH eventually pushed back at 16:33 AEST, 53 minutes late. Still expected to make up time with revised Dallas ETA of 16:40 CDT, 35 minutes late.
 
Still on Thursday 4, the 2020 hours redeye SYD to HND A333 is predicted to depart 95 late at 2155 later tonight. This will be the fifth time in eight mornings that it'll arrive in Japan at least 50 minutes late.

As noted above, pre-COVID this flight used to often run early into Japan, sometimes arriving there around 0430 hours local time.
 
789nerd said:
Best laid plans, etc ... B789 VH-ZNH eventually pushed back at 16:33 AEST, 53 minutes late. Still expected to make up time with revised Dallas ETA of 16:40 CDT, 35 minutes late.
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The return QF8 was 31 minutes late departing Dallas at 23:01 CDT Thursday, and with apparently poor weather conditions, is not expected into Sydney until 07:32 AEST Saturday morning, 77 minutes late.
 
On Friday 5 May, QF1 (A388 VH-OQB) arrived LHR at 0736 hours, 61 minutes late.

The next QF1, which has OQD, is the 1510 hours ex SYD airborne at 1606 for predicted at gate SIN arrival of 2201, 31 late. FR24 optimitically predicts SIN pushback at 2350 hours, yet on 'the 1', QFi regularly exceeds the timetabled duration on the ground. It's unlikely to be less than 45 minutes late into LHR tomorrow morning UK time.
 
QF11 and QF12's woes continue.

On Friday 5 May 2023, A388 VH-OQK on the 1020 hours SYD-LAX did not take off until 1240 hours, arriving 63 late at 0808 hours (same day).

Today, it was OQG's turn to not become airborne until 1235 hours so expected at gate arrival in LAX should be approximately 0826 hours, 81 late.

OQH on the opposite direction flight, QF12, arrived SYD's allocated gate this morning 49 late at 0834. The previous four arrivals have been between 50 and 141 minutes late pulling in to Sydney.

Not impressive given QFi's supersonic fares.
 
QF1 should arrive LHR with A388 VH-OQD on Saturday 6 May at 0729 hours, 54 minutes late.

This afternoon's 1510 hours from SYD QF1 is predicted to depart two hours late at 1710, with the deficit to allegedly reduce to 75 minutes upon departure from SIN tomorrow morning at 0045 instead of 2330 tonight. For my money, it'll be later than that ex Singapore.

B738 VH-VYZ this morning was on QF143, the 0850 hours SYD-AKL not airborne until 1054, meaning gate arrival became 103 minutes late at 1538 mid afternoon. It's returning as QF156 to Melbourne, with this 1540 hours flight having taken off at 1657 for suggested at gate arrival of 1839, 49 behind.
 
Today's QF9 MEL-PER-LHR is shown as leaving Melbourne at 17:30 AEST, 2 hours 25 minutes late. That delay is currently shown as holding through to Heathrow for a 07:30 BST arrival Sunday.
 
Melburnian1 said:
This afternoon's 1510 hours from SYD QF1 is predicted to depart two hours late at 1710, with the deficit to allegedly reduce to 75 minutes upon departure from SIN tomorrow morning at 0045 instead of 2330 tonight. For my money, it'll be later than that ex Singapore.
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It was in the sky from SYD at 1714 hours with VH-OQJ that had arrived early this morning as QF2.

Was the delay due to a flight crew being unavailable until two hours or so pas the allotted departure?

SIN arrival should be at 2301 tonight, 91 late, making the claimed 0045 hours departure unlikely. LHR arrival may well be after 0800 on Sunday 6.

A333 VH-QPD on QF104 should arrive SYD at around 1938 hours tonight, 58 minutes tardy.

Updating 789nerd's post above, QF9 was airborne from MEL at 1754, in line with the estimate of a 1730 hours pushback.
 
Oh dear. QF10, the often punctual 1155 hours ex LHR to PER on Saturday 6 May is delayed in pushback until 1300 hours on Monday (!) so instead of being in PER from 1140 to 1310 hours on Sunday 7 (today), the intermediate stop should be from around 1250 on Tuesday 9 to 1835, with MEL arrival at about 0010 on Wednesday 10 May.

Quite the journey: the long stop in Perth indicates that passengers will change to a 'local' aircraft such as an A332 or B738 that runs MEL-PER-MEL as a special.

B789 VH-ZNB is arriving in LHR at a suggested 0811 hours today (Sunday 7), 186 late, so this may be the cause of the delay.

I suggested yesterday that the late QF1 wouldn't arrive today in LHR until after 0800: this has turned into an estimated 0858 hours, 143 minutes late for A388 VH-OQJ as it did not take off from SIN this morning until 0211 hours.

A332 VH-EBQ on QF67, the 0905 hours morning Sunday 7 SYD-BLR was airborne at 0951 so expected at gate arrival becomes 1653, 33 behind. The return may well pick up time and be under half an hour late arriving in SYD tomorrow afternoon if there are no further delays.

B738 VH-XZI is on QF143 (0850 hours SYD across to AKL) that wasn't in the sky until 0958 so arrival should be 1442 mid afternoon, 47 late.

QF11, the midmorning nicely timed 1020 hours SYD-LAX today is expected to push back at 1320, 180 late for the A388. VH-OQK came in on 'the 12' ex LAX at 0837, 52 late so perhaps it's forming 'the 11'.

QF81 currently switches between an A332 and A333: today's it's apparently the former, but departure of this 1150 hours SYD-SIN is not predicted until 1440 this arvo, 170 minutes late.

The new QF CEO doesn't officially take the reins until November but she has her work cut out fixing numerous problems including QFi's extremely poor timekeeping.

Amazing that the vast majority of competitors (not based in Oz) can mostly run on time but QFi so often cannot.

Given one B789 looks to be marooned in London for a while as above, it'll be interesting to see if this means further cancellations. 789nerd and Flyerqf will be our experts. Timetabled fleet utilisation is not identical every day.
 
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