Sometimes the ferry flight is to replace another aircraft that may be unserviceable or running even more late. So while it may appear to that the ferry flight not arriving in time was cause of the delay to the flight it is forming, it might not necessarily be the case.QF undertakes quite a few 'ferry' (empty) flights or domestic passenger-carrying flights to reposition aircraft.
These often operate later than scheduled and delay international flights that the aircraft is forming.
On Saturday 18 January, A333 VH-QPF arrived seven minutes late in BNE at 0542 hours as QF52 from SIN. It then operated empty as QF6003 from BNE to SYD, an 0715 hours flight taking off at 0744 and arriving at 1000, 38 late. This is delaying its next flight, the 1130 hours SYD-ICN QF87.
A332 VH-EBL arrived in MEL this morning at 0703 hours, 53 late as QF36 from SIN. It then operated QF430, a scheduled 0930 hours MEL-SYD that was in the sky at 0958 for arrival at 1120, 25 behind. It then would have transferred to the international terminal for QF19, the 1205 hours lunchtime SYD-MNL that is forecast to push back at 1315.
QF29 MEL-HKG originally scheduled to depart at 11:05AM today has been rescheduled to 3:00PM this afternoon due to change of aircraft.
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The A332 that ended up operating QF37 went on a domestic MEL-SYD-MEL run before running the delayed service which possibly indicates the originally planned aircraft was either not serviceable or subbed in for another service.The A332 on QF37, the 1655 hours late afternoon MEL-SIN is expected to depart at 2125 mid evening.
QF35 was displaying on FlightAware as 'taxiing for takeoff' at 1429 hours from MEL bound for SIN, but FR24 doesn't show it as having taken off. The aircraft may be A332 VH-EBA. Did it have to return to the gate?