It appears that the crew related QF8 delays have been resolved, with Sunday's flight pushing back just 30 minutes late. With a further 24 minutes in the queue to take off, the revised arrival time in Sydney according to the flight tracker sites is about 6:55 AEDT Tuesday, 20 minutes late. Qantas Flight Status on the other hand has the ETA 1 hour earlier at 5:55 AEDT ??
Qantas Delays/Cancellations
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Correct. I was on the flight. Captain came on to explain that due to the prior late arrival of the 1 from Sydney that they had to delay to allow for min Tech crew rest (cabin crew UK based so not an issue on their end). They apparently tried to find alternate tech crew but that didn't play out.
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Security breach at Melbourne’s terminal this morning so everyone had to get re-screened. All the 6am flights are already showing a 7am departure time
QF1 badly delayed again yesterday, only departing at 2230 instead of 1655. Looks like the A380 is still in Singapura as we speak. VH-OQD operating it on 11 Oct which arrived on 10 Oct as QF2 and has not flown between that window. Maybe tech issue?
Friday : Today's QF7 SYD-DFW, due to depart Sydney at 16:40 AEDT, is currently delayed 17 hrs 25 min, now departing at 10:15 AEDT Saturday, with revised arrival in Dallas of 09:35 CDT also Saturday.
The return QF8 DFW-SYD is now estimated to depart Dallas at 11:05 CDT Saturday & arrived in Sydney at 19:50 AEDT Sunday, 13 hrs 25 min late.
The return QF8 DFW-SYD is now estimated to depart Dallas at 11:05 CDT Saturday & arrived in Sydney at 19:50 AEDT Sunday, 13 hrs 25 min late.
Saturday : The above QF7 eventually pushed back at 10:32 AEDT, and was in the air by 10:47 (B789 VH-ZNE). Despite this small extra delay, the arrival time has been brought forward to 08:47 CDT. The return QF8 times have not been altered.
This delay appears to be due to issues with B789 VH-ZNB, which has been grounded since arriving in Sydney with QF64 on Thursday morning.
Saturday : another B789 delay - QF11 SYD-LAX departed at 13:09 AEDT this afternoon, 3 hours 9 minutes late (VH-ZND). The expected arrival in Los Angeles is 08:22 PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes late. At this point in time, it does not appear as though a return flight is impacted.
Sunday : QF7 eventually landed in Dallas at 0911 CDT, 17 hours 11 min late. The return QF8 (operating as QF8D as Saturday's QF7/QF8 is running to time) left Dallas at 12:13 CDT, 14 hours 12 minutes late, and is expected in Sydney at 20:47 AEDT tonight.
Sunday : yesterday's QF9 (B789 VH-ZNC) left Melbourne at 17:45 AEDT, 93 minutes late, making up some time to arrive in Perth 76 minutes late. The onwards leg to London pushed back 67 minutes late, however is expected to arrive in London at 6:20 GMT 75 minutes late.
Meanwhile today's domestic B789 operated service QF435 SYD-MEL is currently showing as being delayed 2 hours to a 12:30 AEDT departure from Sydney. This has a flow on delay with B789 operated QF95 MEL-LAX also showing a 2 hour delay. This presumes that issues with the only B789 currently in Sydney : VH-ZNB, are sorted.
Meanwhile today's domestic B789 operated service QF435 SYD-MEL is currently showing as being delayed 2 hours to a 12:30 AEDT departure from Sydney. This has a flow on delay with B789 operated QF95 MEL-LAX also showing a 2 hour delay. This presumes that issues with the only B789 currently in Sydney : VH-ZNB, are sorted.
Does anyone know what happened to @Melburnian1 - is he/she ok?
Monday : While Sunday's QF7 (B789 VH-ZNA) was early arriving in Dallas, the return QF8 pushed back 90 minutes late.
Then, while showing on the flight trackers as being in the air with a diversion to Brisbane for an 06:23 AEDT arrival time Tuesday morning, Qantas Flight Status shows the flight as "Cancelled" !
The onward flight to Sydney is shown on FlightRadar24 as departing at 7:40 AEDT, which would indicate an approximate arrival in Sydney of 10:00 AEDT.
Edit : there appears to be a flow on from this delay, with Tuesday Morning's QF11 SYD-LAX showing as delayed by 80 minutes for a new Sydney departure of 11:35 AEDT, with the same delay for its LAX arrival, now 07:20 PDT Tuesday
Then, while showing on the flight trackers as being in the air with a diversion to Brisbane for an 06:23 AEDT arrival time Tuesday morning, Qantas Flight Status shows the flight as "Cancelled" !
The onward flight to Sydney is shown on FlightRadar24 as departing at 7:40 AEDT, which would indicate an approximate arrival in Sydney of 10:00 AEDT.
Edit : there appears to be a flow on from this delay, with Tuesday Morning's QF11 SYD-LAX showing as delayed by 80 minutes for a new Sydney departure of 11:35 AEDT, with the same delay for its LAX arrival, now 07:20 PDT Tuesday
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QF435 (operated by VH-ZNB) eventually departed 3 hours late, and the following QF95 departed Melbourne at 18:45 AEDT, 4 hrs 5 min late, with a consequent LAX arrival of 14:33 PDT, 3 hrs 33 min late. There was no further flow on in LAX from this delay.
Tuesday : Ooops, sorry, forgot no DST in Qld, and also muddled BNE depart & SYD arrival. Thus B789 VH-ZNA arrived in Sydney with QF8 at the somewhat earlier time of 07:23 AEDT, just 60 minutes late. Qantas Flight Status is still showing the flight as "Cancelled".
Meanwhile B789 VH-ZNJ positioned from Melbourne to Sydney in the early hours as QF6002 to take over QF11 SYD-LAX which departed Sydney at 11:51 AEDT 96 minutes late, with LAX arrival estimated to be 06:50 PDT i.e. 50 minutes late.
B789 VH-ZND departed Jo'burg with QF64 at 19:09 SAT Monday, 89 minutes late, with expected arrival in Sydney of 15:37 AEDT, 72 minutes late.
Edit: this delay has flowed onto QF7 SYD-LAX which is now showing a 35 minute delay, for a revised 17:15 AEDT departure from Sydney, and a small (10 minute) delay on arrival at LAX at 16:10 PDT Tuesday.
B789 VH-ZNA has positioned to Melbourne also as QF6002 departing Sydney just before QF11 at 11:46 AEDT, arriving at 13:00 AEDT, while B789 VH-ZNH operating QF10 LHR-PER-MEL is shown as arriving on time at 19:40 AEDT.
However, Qantas Flight Status is currently showing today's QF9 MEL-PER-LHR (scheduled to depart at 16:15 AEDT) as departing Melbourne at 21:50 AEDT, 5 hrs 35 min late. This flight is currently also shown as arriving at LHR 5 hrs 20 min late at 10:20 GMT.
The remaining Melbourne B789 departure this evening, QF93 is currently shown as on-time at 22:10 AEDT. Which of the above B789s takes which flight is yet to be seen.
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