While Wednesday 25 January's QF1 from SYD (A388 VH-OQJ) was airborne at 1723, on time, and should arrive SIN at 2254, 16 minute srealy, the good news ceases there. The onward sector to LHR is not expected to depart until 0720 hours on Thursday, 445 minutes late with LHR arrival becoming 1345 hours on Ausrralia Day, 26 January, 425 minutes behind schedule.
What happens to passengers? Do they just sit in a lounge in SIN if so entitled, or the general waiting area if not, for around seven hours if travelling from Sydney or another Oz city to London? It isn't quite long enough to have much sleep even if QFi gave passengers an hotel for a few hours, with the usual conservative super early bus pickup times back to the airport in the morning.
Today, VH-OQB on the same flight a day earlier should be in LHR at the designated gate at 0723, 68 behind.
The delay northwest bound in SIN to 'the 1' is due to the overnight delayed QF2 not estimated to arrive SYD with VH-OQG until 1949 mid evening tonight, 819 minutes behind its normal morning 0610 arrival.
The next QF2 (2040 hours timetabled from London on Tuesday 24 January) took off at 2312 so on 25 January, the SIN stop should commence from 1957 hours, 147 minutes past what the timetable states. This will mean SYD arrival some time after 0830 on Australia Day.
The SYD-LHR-SYD route via SIN continues to be way too unpredictable re punctuality and reliability. Not good for QFi when by and large numerous rivals can do way better, even if it means one doesn't travel on the same aircraft throughout. And QF9/QF10 Tuesdays to Thursdays has apparently turned into somewhat of a circus with a different aircraft on the domestic sector MEL-PER-MEL.
A332 VH-EBS on QF67, the 0920 hours SYD to India's BLR was not in the sky until 1149 hours this morning, so gate arrival becomes a predicted 1731 hours, 116 minute sbehind time. QF68 returning will be similarly delayed.
'The 69' from DEL overnight to MEL had sister aircraft EBM, arriving 63 late at 1308 this afternoon. The A332 then changed terminals and formed QF773, the 1435 hours MEL across to PER in the sky at 1622 for suggested gate arrival at 1706 hours, 91 late.
B789 VH-ZNC arrived SYD on Wednesday 25 at 1821 hours, 31 late (just a few minute sago) and unusually is to operate QF7, the 1755 hours SYD-DFW long flight that has nominally and optimistically been put back to a proposed 1935 hours departure. My bet is it'll be after 2010 hours. This super quick turnaround may indicate the original B789 is unavailable.
