Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

Today's QF9 MEL-PER-LHR is also delayed, this time by a somewhat greater amount : 115 minutes. This delay is shown as holding through to Heathrow for a 07:00 BST arrival. This should not impact on the return QF10.

The anticipated delay has worsened, with QF9 expected to push back in Melbourne tonight at 1800 hours, 175 minutes tardy, and to depart Perth at 2140 mid evening local time, also 175 down. As usual, 789nerd is correct in that even this greater expected delay should not adversely affect QF10 (in theory!) tomorrow ex LHR, the 1155 hours back down express to PER.

QF20 (A333 VH-QPG) arrived in SYD (ex MNL) at 0716 hours, 36 minutes late on Saturday 20 May 2023.

A332 VH-EBS arrived in MEL at 0526 hours, 14 early as QF36 overnight from SIN but despite a generous layover, its next flight, QF69 from MEL up to DEL (the 0925 hours) did not take off until 1056. Expected arrival at 1855 tonight will be 75 late, delaying the return redeye QF70.

The 0850 hours QF143 (SYD-AKL) has a poor record in timekeeping with B738 VH-VZU not airborne until 1001 hours, so arrival was 45 minutes tardy at 1440 mid afternoon. Returning to Oz is often via QF156 to MEL that isn't schedule4d to depart until 1540, so this flight is bang on time.

The 1200 'high noon' MEL-SIN has A332 VH-EBV with a 32 minutes late arrival at 1832 hours the expectation, as it wasn't airborne until 1255 hours.

A333 VH-QPJ arrived HNL on Friday 19 as QF103 18 minutes early at 1007 hours but the usual overstaying occurred, so QF104 isn't arriving at its Sydney gate tonight until 1917, 37 late.

 

[789nerd]

The delays to QF9 (VH-ZNE) on Friday have translated to a 78 minute delay to today's QF10 Heathrow departure, slipping slightly to 80 minutes for an estimated arrival into Perth at 13:00 AWST on Sunday afternoon, and reducing to 70 minutes into Melbourne at 19:50 AEST Sunday evening.

Meanwhile today's QF9 (VH-ZNF) was further delayed in Perth for a 21:25 AWST departure 160 minutes late, and a further revised Heathrow arrival of 07:41 BST 156 minutes late. In view of the above delay to today's QF10, the return QF10 on Sunday may be delayed.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Sunday 21 May 2023, QF64 from JNB has B789 VH-ZNB with arrival expected half an hour late this afternoon in SYD at 1355 hours.

A332 VH-EBS on QF70 from DEL down to MEL is similar, gate arrival being likely at 1308 hours, 38 behind.

'The 104' should depart HNL for SYD half an hour behind at 1230 hours, but this at that location often proves to be an underestimate of any delay.

B738 VH-VZT on last night's QF139, the 1855 hours SYD-CHC arrived this morning at 0104 hours, 65 minutes tardy.

 

[Melburnian1]

In more for 21 May, QF37, the recently resumed "second" MEL-SIN is expected to depart an hour late at 1700 hours.

 

[Melburnian1]

Further delays on 21 May include flagship QF1 from SYD, the 1510 hours scheduled from Sydney that's been changed to an expected pushback of 1645 hours, 95 minutes late, so LHR arrival on Monday 22 (local time) is most unlikely before 0745 hours, 70 late.

It's unusual for this premium flight to arrive London less than 15 minutes late: delays of 45 minutes plus are very common, and result from late pushbacks in SIN. Not great when QFi fares are so high.

UPDATE: A small further change to QF1 states it is to depart Sydney bang on 1700 hours.

 

[Melburnian1]

I am not in Sydney but on Sunday 21 May 2023 at 1730 hours - peak period - it appears SYD may be down to only using the east-west runway.

Q400 VH-LQQ (QF1414, 1710 hours SYD up to WTB) had three or four aircraft ahead of it in the takeoff roll queue as at 1735 hours, so it may be marginally late arriving instead of pulling in to its spot on the Toowoomba apron early.

 

[Melburnian1]

QF1 (A388 VH-OQH) on 21 May as the 1510 hours ex SYD was airborne at 1801 so expected at gate SIN arrival becomes 2354 hours, 144 minutes late. This makes the prospect of a post-0900 hours local time on Monday 22 LHR arrival likely.

We don't know the 'threshold' but perhaps in time, QF management will be called to London Heathrow by airport managers to explain why there's so many significantly late flights from Oz, given that this isn't a problem for BA even when it like QFi operates the same aircraft all the way LHR-SIN-SYD and return.

 

[789nerd]

I am due to fly on the QF74 SFO to SYD on the 22 May, any idea which plane coming into Sydney will be used for the QF73 and return QF74 I will be on?

Too early to say - at the present time, in most recent arrival order into Sydney on Monday relative to QF73 departure (and barring unforeseen delays) ...
QF28; QF64; QF76; QF8 plus one "spare" from Sunday out of ZNB, D, G, H, I or K
On Monday, with the "spare' known, earlier departures of QF11, QF63, QF7 & QF27 will eliminate all but one of these.

With the last Sunday B789 Sydney departure done & dusted, the choice comes down to these
Monday arrivals : ZNH bringing in QF28, ZNG bring in QF64, ZND bringing in QF76 and ZNI bringing in QF8 plus ZNK which has been in Sydney since Saturday after bringing in that day's QF28

 

[789nerd]

The delays to QF9 (VH-ZNE) on Friday have translated to a 78 minute delay to today's QF10 Heathrow departure, slipping slightly to 80 minutes for an estimated arrival into Perth at 13:00 AWST on Sunday afternoon, and reducing to 70 minutes into Melbourne at 19:50 AEST Sunday evening.

With QF10 (Vh-ZNE) now due in Melbourne a further ten minutes late at 20:00 AEDT (80 minutes late overall), Qantas are at last showing the flow on delay for QF93 MEL-LAX of 55 minutes for a revised departure from Melbourne at 21:20 AEST.
Some of that delay is expected to be caught up, with the estimated arrival in Los Angeles now 18:15 PST Sunday, 30 minutes late. The Melbourne turn around does seem a bit tight, so these times may slip.

 

[Flyerqf]

Syd has been on single east-west runway ops for a lot of the afternoon. When QF1 took off the parallel runways had reopened so this could be the reason for the delay.

 

[Flyerqf]

ZNH bringing in QF28,

This is the aircraft due to take the QF73 tomorrow but things can change.

 

[Melburnian1]

Continuing with Sunday 21 May, QF25 (A333 VH-QPJ, the 2020 hours SYD-HND) is badly delayed because the aircraft (as usual) arrived late as QF104 from HNL, pulling in to its gate at 1951 hours, 71 minutes behind schedule. 'The 25' pushed back at 2131 hours, so will be well over half an hour late arriving in Tokyo tomorrow morning.

 

[Melburnian1]

The Sunday 21 May's QF139 (1855 hours SYD-CHC) arrived on Monday 22 at 0031 hours, 32 late with B738 VH-VZU, as it had not become airborne until 1954 hours.

A333 VH-QPJ on what was the late ex Sydney QF25 last night arrived in HND at 0623 hours this morning, 58 minutes behind schedule.

A333 VH-QPI on the overnight QF24 (1810 hours BKK down to SYD) did not take off until 1941 hours on Sunday 21 May so Monday 22 arrival at gate becomes 0727 hours, 62 behind.

QF22 scheduled ex DFW at 2050 hours mid evening on Saturday 20 May for the long journey to MEL was cancelled.

A332 VH-EBG is operating redeye QF68 from DEL to SYD that is 38 minutes late with gate arrival said to be 1043 hours.

B789 VH-ZNG is on 'the 64' from JNB across to SYD. Yesterday it was only 21 late arriving in South Africa but the return 1740 hours flight wasn't airborne until an hour later, so Monday 22 arrival in Sydney should be at around 1403 hours, 38 minutes tardy.

The badly delayed QF1 (A388 VH-OQH) on Sunday 21 was in SIN from 2350 hours (140 minutes late) to takeoff at 0210 hours so expected LHR arrival at this stage becomes 0845, 130 minutes behind the timetable.

 

[Melburnian1]

I am due to fly on the QF74 SFO to SYD on the 22 May, any idea which plane coming into Sydney will be used for the QF73 and return QF74 I will be on?

bristolrosie, 789nerd has given you a good idea of what 'may' be your aircraft.

To me, QFi is brave timetabling 'the 73' at 2155 hours ex SYD as given the company's notorious and frequent delays, it wouldn't take much for the aircraft to still be on the ground at its stand at the 'curfew witching hour' of 2245 hours when aircraft are supposed to start taxiing in order to be accommodated for takeoff.

Hopefully everything runs as planned every night but although exemptions from the curfew can be granted, I can foresee some occasional overnight delays for this flight, meaning that QF74 would in turn be delayed overnight from San Francisco. Time will tell. Happy trip!

 

[Melburnian1]

Saturday 20 May 2023's QF76 (B789 VH-ZND), the 2225 hours YVR down to SYD took off creditably early at 2236 hours.

However it has diverted to BNE, taking off from there at 0740 on Monday 22 for suggested SYD arrival at 0903 hours, 148 minutes late.

 

[789nerd]

This is the aircraft due to take the QF73 tomorrow but things can change.

QF28 SCL-SYD (B789 VH-ZNH) is either running 30 minutes early (Qantas & FlightAware) or 30 minutes late (FR24). Either way with almost 4 hours between the scheduled arrival of QF28 & scheduled departure of QF73, the resumed San Francisco B789 service could depart on time.

To me, QFi is brave timetabling 'the 73' at 2155 hours ex SYD as given the company's notorious and frequent delays, it wouldn't take much for the aircraft to still be on the ground at its stand at the 'curfew witching hour' of 2245 hours when aircraft are supposed to start taxiing in order to be accommodated for takeoff.

Assuming any delay this evening ends before the 'curfew witching hour', the other factor in favour of a timely departure of the return QF74, is the scheduled just over 4 hours on the ground in San Francisco.

 

[bristolrosie]

QF28 SCL-SYD (B789 VH-ZNH) is either running 30 minutes early (Qantas & FlightAware) or 30 minutes late (FR24). Either way with almost 4 hours between the scheduled arrival of QF28 & scheduled departure of QF73, the resumed San Francisco B789 service could depart on time.


Assuming any delay this evening ends before the 'curfew witching hour', the other factor in favour of a timely departure of the return QF74, is the scheduled just over 4 hours on the ground in San Francisco.

Thanks for the updates, unfortunately I've had to change my flight to the QF94 from LAX to MEL on Wednesday 24th, so I'll be keeping an eye on the QF93

 

[Katie]

QF12 on Thurs 18/5 local time left about an hour late. We were originally 10mins late, but then after the tug pushed the plane back, the captain told us LAX ATC wasn't happy with the space, and they had to get the tug back to push us further back. Eventually took off around 12:30am, and didn't manage to make up the time, arriving about an hour late on Sat 20/5.

 

[docjames]

Can anyone access long term detail on QF87/88? TIA.

 

[Melburnian1]

Can anyone access long term detail on QF87/88? TIA.

I can't, but view these often enough (not daily!) to suggest by and large, they've become pretty darn punctual.

From memory (hard to look back through a blog) 'the 87/88' had quite a deal of unpunctuality when introduced, but that's settled down, unlike say QF1 to LHR, QF103/104 SYD-HNL-SYD or in recent times QF11/93/94 MEL or SYD-LAX and return, QF25 SYD-HND and sometimes QF19/20 SYD-MNL-SYD, to give a few examples of often late running.