Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Flyerqf]

QF10 is delayed 6 hours.

 

[jrfsp]

Sat in the lounge waiting for the infamous QF67, just announced 30 min delay due to engineering requirements….

Edit: and now 10:30…..so glad I got the 6am out of MEL

 

[Melburnian1]

QF10 is delayed 6 hours.

B789 VH-ZNI, the 1155 hours Friday 11 October LHR-PER took off at 1833 hours. Arrival at gate on Saturday 12 should be bang on 1800 hours, 380 minutes late.

QF9, the 1830 hours PER-LHR is optimistically estimated to depart at 1920 hours this evening.

 

[Melburnian1]

One problem with QF and ZL flights to rural Australia is that cabin and flight crew are often not based at these rural cities or towns, so if the last (or only!) flight of the day is late, the next morning's one back to the capital city may also be delayed due to fatique requirements.

On Friday 11 October, QF2046, the 1935 hours from MEL to ABX (Q300 VH-TQE) took off at 2115 hours, arriving ABX at 2208 hours, 93 minutes late. This was because the Q300's previous flight, QF2085, had arrived MEL 92 late at 2007 hours.

This morning's ABX-MEL is the timetabled 0650 hours airborne at 1006, with likely arrival at 1058 to be 183 minutes behind schedule. I hope noboy had a late morning international connection.

ZL abandoned this ABX-MEL route due to a dearth of passengers.

With Albury-Wodonga to Melbourne (or MEL) being an easy drive or a relatively fast train journey twice daily on the NSW TrainLink XPTs and thrice daily on V/Line's VLocity railcars, the latter with a $10 single fare for adults and $5 for concession passengers, one wonders how much money QFd is losing on this short route. The trains all stop at Broadmeadows allowing an easy transfer to MEL on the route 901 bus that runs every 15 minutes during weekdays and half hourly on weekends and public holidays.

 

[Melburnian1]

Sat in the lounge waiting for the infamous QF67, just announced 30 min delay due to engineering requirements….

Edit: and now 10:30…..so glad I got the 6am out of MEL

QF67 on Saturday 12 October (A332 VH-EBR, the 0905 hours SYD-BLR) was airborne at 1044 so expected at gate arrival becomes 1638 hours, 58 minutes late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Friday 11 October's QF103 from SYD to HNL arrived at 0946 hours, 56 late with A333 VH_QPG. The return working QF104 is the 1105 hours airborne on Friday at 1222 hours. Saturday 12 arrival at gate should be approximately 1926 hours, also as luck would have it 56 minutes behind the timetable.

A333 VH-OQB on 'the 93' (1155 hours very late morning MEL across and up to LAX) is forecast to push back at 1315 hours. It had arrived in MEL this morning as QF94 at 0702 hours, only 176 late.

QF63 (12 October 1030 hours SYD across to JNB) took off at 1139 hours with A388 VH-OQG. Arrival should be at 1650 hours, 40 minutes behind schedule.