Qantas A380 refurbishment news and updates

[downtheback]

Flew on OQI yesterday in PE and it feels very tired. Seats very hard and for some reason no flight maps or external cameras. Ok for 8hrs to SIN, but wouldn't be taking it any further than that.

Has it been refurb'd?

 

[moa999]

Has it been refurb'd?

All flying A380 aircraft are refurbed.. so it's arguably the newest cabin in the aircraft (the Y seats are 10+yo).
The lack of cameras and moving map is strange

 

[OATEK]

Has it been refurb'd?

All flying A380 aircraft are refurbed.. so it's arguably the newest cabin in the aircraft (the Y seats are 10+yo).
The lack of cameras and moving map is strange

The cabin manager reckoned the PE seats on OQI were nearer 15yo. Felt like it.

 

[SYD]

Apologies if mentioned already / elsewhere, but why did VH-OQK just fly SIN-LGW (QF335) and now off to LAX as QF6010?

 

[mrflyby]

Saw that QF335 Charter.
Assuming that it's the wealthy brethren church charter again.
Although OQI is also on the way back on another charter as QF332 too.

 

[RSD]

Saw that QF335 Charter.
Assuming that it's the wealthy brethren church charter again.
Although OQI is also on the way back on another charter as QF332 too.

Good to see that QF have enough A380's around that they can run the regular schedule and charters

 

[mrflyby]

Good to see that QF have enough A380's around that they can run the regular schedule and charters

They don't which is why the regular services got cancelled.
Yesterday had no QF11. Not sure about the day before.

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They don't which is why the regular services got cancelled.
Yesterday had no QF11. Not sure about the day before.

And yesterday had no QF2

 

[RSD]

They don't which is why the regular services got cancelled.
Yesterday had no QF11. Not sure about the day before.

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And yesterday had no QF2

I was being sarcastic. Would be interesting to know whether they initially scheduled those services for yesterday and sold some seats before cancelling them.

 

[eastwest101]

I was being sarcastic. Would be interesting to know whether they initially scheduled those services for yesterday and sold some seats before cancelling them.

Of course they would have been selling those seats bundle of rights for those regularly scheduled services cancelled yesterday, unless Qantas thought that a spare A380 was going to magically manifest itself into existence out of thin air for that short duration of the charters. (that would have been planned months in advance).

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They don't which is why the regular services got cancelled.
Yesterday had no QF11. Not sure about the day before.

And yesterday had no QF2

I wonder how they rebooked 2 x loads of A380s on other flights. QF10 is generally fully booked

 

[moa999]

those regularly scheduled services cancelled yesterday

Don't think anyone has said they were cancelled yesterday, just they didn't run.
I suspect if originally offered they would have been cancelled months ago and pax shifted

This is probably a quiet period for A380s with no school holidays and before the Euro and NA summer.