Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Flyerqf]

12 is diverting to BNE, 162 to CBR and 140 to BNE.

 

[encryptededdy]

It's quite foggy indeed. View from the FLounge and end of runway 34 this morning. My Cathay flight was delayed around 30min.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

Lots of diversions to cbr, and some bne. More FLounge time for me. Fog isn't too bad - flights are still landing at a reduced rate.

Pity poor 402 pax this am. Very late leaving Mel. Long hold before diverting to cbr. Still not yet at destination.

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

 

[Kiwi_Flyer]

Fog has cleared. My flight will be more than 2 hours late departing. While the a/c has been available the cabin crew were on a diverted flight and arrived into syd nearly 3 hours late.

 

[Melburnian1]

The fog in Sydney doesn't appear to have been a (major) contributor to the late QF128 on Saturday 3 June, as it took off from HKG on Friday 2 about 85 minutes late at 2137 with arrival at gate at 0838 hours, 113 minutes tardy. A388 VH-OQL then formed QF11, the 1020 hours SYD up to LAX expected to depart at 1300 this afternoon.

B738 VH-VZU on QF101 (0835 hours SYD-NAN) took off exactly an hour later, so arrival should be 1540, 65 behind the timetable.

A332 VH-EBV on the 0905 hour morning SYD up to BLR, QF67, was airborne at 1016 hours so the suggested at gate 1738 hours arrival will be 78 minutes behind schedule.

Another class member, EBV is on the QF69, the 0925 hours MEL-DEL in the sky at 1056 with forecast arrival becoming 1912 hours, 92 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

12 is diverting to BNE, 162 to CBR and 140 to BNE.

One assumes QF12 from LAX to SYD, stuck in BNE, has required new crew to be flown up from Sydney, so that probably explains the mooted 1400 hours departure, with arrival in Sydney likely at about 1530 or later on Saturday 3 June 2023. A388 VH-OQK is the aircraft.

While not a delay as such as I don't know when it was scheduled v actual timekeeping, QF6017 with A388 VH-OQD operated on Friday 2 June, taking off from SYD at 0814 hours, and arriving at 1423 close to mid afternoon. Perhaps scheduled maintenance?

A333 VH-QPE on QF127, the 1015 hours Saturday SYD-HKG, took off at 1216 so mooted arrival becomes 1914 hours, 79 late.

The expected delay in departure for today's QF11 (SYD-LAX) has increased to 175 minutes from 160 with the new proposed time being 1315 hours, shortly.

 

[Melburnian1]

Unlike flights with major, and the majority of minor, competitors on the 'Kangaroo Route' between Oz and London (and at a stretch, Europe), QF1 has a reputation for unpunctuality.

On Saturday 3 June 2023, this has continued with the 1510 hours SYD-SIN-LHR taking off at 1639, with SIN gate arrival likely at 2237, 67 behind. This will make anything close to an on-time arrival in London tomorrow morning British time impossible.

 

[Melburnian1]

The almost constantly delayed QF104 from HNL arrived in SYD on the evening of Saturday 3 June 2023 at 2011 hours, 91 late with A333 VH-QPB.

It looks to be forming the 2020 hours QF25 to HND with a suggested pushback (rather optimistic) of 2125 hours mid evening.

Flyerqf has informed us that come late October 2023, 'the 25' and southbound '26' become a B789 so he claims the possibility of a late departure ex Sydney will be minimised, but for now, on some nights, it seems intractable.

QPC is on the 2040 hours SYD-HNL QF103 with predicted pushback of 2115, in about 15 minutes' time. We can almost back it in this will lose further time on the ground in Honolulu on Saturday morning local time, so expect it to be even later arriving in Sydney tomorrow night.

 

[Flyerqf]

Flyerqf has informed us that come late October 2023, 'the 25' and southbound '26' become a B789 so he claims the possibility of a late departure ex Sydney will be minimised

QF26 will be a morning departure too.

 

[Melburnian1]

In its thus far short life, QF79 (1030 hours MEL-HND) has been punctual most days, but on Sunday 4 June 2023, A333 VH-QPJ did not push back until 1153 hours. Arrival is estimated as 2105 hours, 65 late.

A332 VH-EBV on QF68, the overnight BLR down to SYD arrived at 1041 hours on Sunday 4, 36 minutes tardy. VH-EBQ on 'the 70' from DEL to MEL is a little worse, with at gate arrival suggested this afternoon at 1325 hours, 55 minutes behind schedule.

QF27, the B789 due out of SYD at 1235 this afternoon for the lengthy journey to SCL in Chile is expected to depart two hours late.

QF1 was in SIN from last night at 2236 hours (66 behind) with takeoff for A388 VH-OQB at 0052 this morning (0252 hours AEST), so at this stage LHR arrival is presumed as 0718 hours, 43 behind.

'The 2' this morning with OQG pulled in to its gate 34 late at 0544. Some days recently, this specially permitted early pre-curfew arrival (the only other one is BA16) has been on time, a better performance than its opposite, LHR-bound, number.

B789 VH-ZNJ on QF21, the lunchtime Sunday 4 June 1245 hours long MEL-DFW flight is predicted to push back at 1425 hours, 100 minutes late. Aircraft should be VH-ZNI that has operated QF94. The latter (ex LAX) departed LAX 11 minutes early (unusual at 2209 hours on Friday 2, but has diverted to SYD where it arrived at gate at 0656 this morning. Departure occurred at 1133 hours with arrival in MEL suggested as 1259 hours, 374 minutes late. The substantial delay in Sydney will presumably have been due to the flight and cabin crew alike having exceeded duty hours were they to stay on board, so new staff had to be sourced. A far from ideal situation for tired passengers, especially the elderly and those travelling with small children, irrespective as to whether Border Force allowed them off the plane or not.

The forecast for a 1425 hours QF21 push back looks optimistic, as this would be about an 85 minute turnaround.

UPDATE: QF94 arrived at its MEL gate at 1254 hours, not the '1259' predicted.

 

[Melburnian1]

In more on 4 June 2023, QF81 (A332 VH-EBV, the 1150 hours SYD up to SIN) was in the sky at 1301 hours so arrival should be about 1908 in the early evening, 53 late. The plane had arrived late as QF68 from India's BLR so that explains some (or all) of the delay.

A333 VH-QPC is predicted to arrive in SYD tonight on the ex-HNL QF104 at 2000 hours even, 80 minutes tardy. QF103 back to HNL should depart at 2120 hours, 40 late, although if being formed by QPC, the estimate is optimistic.

B789 VH-ZNK arrived this morning in SYD at 0733 hours, 78 minutes late as QF8 after its long TransPacific trek ex distant DFW. It is delayed on QF27 as noted above, which has been further put back to predicted chocks off at 1500 hours for also distant SCL in Chile. Fortunately QF27 becoming QF28 back to Oz has a generous 155 minute scheduled layover in Chile, reducing the chances of a further delayed '28' missing the 2300 hours nightly Sydney curfew.

 

[Melburnian1]

QF21 was airborne on 4 June at 1440 as QF21 MEL-DFW, so expected same day arrival becomes 1453 mid afternoon, 68 late.

A332 VH-EBO is on QF51 (1030 hours BNE-SIN) that was in the sky at 1241, so a 112 minute late, at gate arrival is on the cards at 1842 hours.

 

[Melburnian1]

Continuing with Sunday 4 June 2023, the tardy QF27 (1235 hours lunchtime SYD-SCL) was in the sky at 1555 mid afternoon, so arrival at gate looks like 1402 hours, 177 minutes late. If we allow half an hour for takeoff and five minutes for taxiing at the end of the trip, not much gain on the point-to-point timetable.

If all goes well, this may mean the returning 1340 hours scheduled QF28 departs at around 1540 hours on Sunday 4 (FR24 says '1530'), arriving SYD at perhaps 1945 hours on Monday 5, which would be 105 minutes late.

A week ago, the Monday arriving QF28 formed an extremely late QF11 (1020 hours SYD-LAX) but FR24 does not (yet) indicate this is repeating. (Calling 789nerd to provide .the likely 'tour of duty' roster).

 

[Melburnian1]

'The 27' arrived SCL on Sunday 4 June at 1410 hours, 185 late, so it lost eight minutes compared with tghe forecast in the previous post.

QF128 then took off at 1615 hours, so arrival on Monday 5 in Sydney should be at 2023 hours, 143 minutes late, and beyond what I'd predicted as 'about 1945 hours' above. B789 VH-ZNK is the plane. Perhaps it may form the newbie QF73 (2205 hours SYD-SFO)?

A333 VH-QPG was 22 minutes late arriving at gate in BKK at 1702 hours yesterday, but its return on the 1810 hours redeye QF29 did not see takeoff until 1929, meaning this morning's arrival in Sydney was 53 late at 0718. This is at least the second time in recent days that the QF23/QF24 turnaround has seen excess time on the ground in Bangkok.

New aircraft B789 VH-ZNL on the lengthy QF8 from DFW down to SYD arrived on Monday morning at 0732 hours, 77 late.

 

[789nerd]

A week ago, the Monday arriving QF28 formed an extremely late QF11 (1020 hours SYD-LAX) but FR24 does not (yet) indicate this is repeating. (Calling 789nerd to provide .the likely 'tour of duty' roster).

Coming in late on this due to other commitments.
B789 VH-ZNC having arrived with QF74 from San Francisco just 12 minutes late early this morning, took today's QF11 off to Los Angeles with a 20 minute delay, which is expected to turn around to an early LAX arrival.
The 'tours of duty' have yet to settle down after the introduction of QF73/QF74.

Edit : That last comment applies to what the 74 feeds into. It's still early days with only 6 rotations to provide data, but 4 different flights and for the duplications, different days.
For feed into 73, more stable with Monday 76 is the source, Thursday 28 & Saturday 64.

 

[Melburnian1]

QF19, the 1215 hours SYD-MNL on Monday 5 June is expected to depart at 1315.

UPDATE: A333 VH-QPG was airborne at 1336 hours, so expected at gate MNL arrival becomes 1923 hours, 33 minutes tardy.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Tuesday 6 June, QF104 is again late, having arrived in SYD at 1959 hours, 79 minutes behind the scheduled at gate time of 1840.

Its aircraft A333 VH-QPI is presumably forming the 2020 hours SYD-HND QF25 that has been retimed to depart at a suggested 2120 hours.

Much earlier, A332 VH-EBO on the 1200 'high noon' QF35 (MEL-SIN) did not take off until 1324, so estimated arrival is 1914 hours, 74 minutes tardy. Yet the A332 had been in Melbourne since yesterday afternoon at 1516 hours, off QF447 from Sydney.

VH-EBC on the QF71 from PER (also to SIN) arrived a few minutes ago at 1804, 44 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

One I missed yesterday (6 June 2023), QF87 ()930 hours SYD up to ICN) did not take off until bang on 1400 hours in the early afternoon. Gate arrival for A333 VH-QPF was at 2303 hours, 223 minutes late. The returning QF88 redeye took off at 0101 local time in Seoul, with SYD at gate arrival suggested as 1147 hours on Wednesday 7 June 2023, 197 minutes tardy.

QPB was on QF20 (MNL-SYD0 that arrived SYD this morning at 0847 hours, 127 minutes late, despite arriving MNL 27 minutes early at 1817 hours as QF19, the daytime ex SYD. This means today's QF127, the 1015 hours SYD-HKG is predicted to push back 25 minutes late at 1040.

B738 VH-XZO is on the Wednesday QF143 (0850 hours nicely timed SYD up to AKL) that was in the sky at 0943. 1427 is the anticipated gate arrival, 32 late. This flight is highly variable in timekeeping. This morning's CHC-SYD (QF138) arrived 25 minutes late at 0800 hours, so that wasn't helpful to a punctual pushback for 'the 143'.

 

[Melburnian1]

Continuing with Wednesday 7 June, flagship flight QF1, the 1510 hours mid afternoon SYD-SIN-LHR is predicted to depart at 1700 hourss but supposedly only depart SIN (0030 on Thursday 8) an hour late. Almost certainly unrealistic.

Earlier, QF19 (1215 hours SYD-MNL, A333 VH-VQF) was not in the sky until 1402 so gate arrival is looking like 1951, 61 behind. This was the ICN-SYD redeye that arrived SYD this morning at 1148 hours, 198 late.

UPDATE: A388 VH-OQG took off at 1734 hours as QF1, with SIN at gate arrival suggested as 2326 hours very late tonight local time, 116 minutes behind schedule. The aircraft had arrived in SYD this morning 36 minutes late at 0821 hours as QF12 from LAX.