Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

B789 VH-ZNC on Saturday 28 February's 1150 hours LHR down to PER, QF10, took off pretty much on time at 1221 but due to closure of much Middle Eastern airspace, it has flown above Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and then India, so estimated arrival becomes 1318 hours on Sunday 1 March, 48 late.

IImpressive that 'the 10' can carry sufficient fuel for this extra distance, though I don't know if all the luggage is on the flight, or whether further pax had to be refused carriage. Contributors such as @jb747 will know a lot more.

This routing is being used by many airlines to connect Asia to Europe and the UK. QF1 (A388 VH-OQL) is among them but doesn't seem to be losing time: it took off from SIN at 0009 this morning and should arrive only five minutes late at LHR at 0620 hours on Sunday 1 March.

The airspace looks busy, but not super crowded as at least 15,000 flights have been cancelled in little more than 24 hours, a list that'd be growing by the minute. Apparently a 'normal' day worldwide sees 100,000 to 120,000 flights, so having 20,000 out of the air is a big dint.

 

[tomlee1986]

B789 VH-ZNC on Saturday 28 February's 1150 hours LHR down to PER, QF10, took off pretty much on time at 1221 but due to closure of much Middle Eastern airspace, it has flown above Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and then India, so estimated arrival becomes 1318 hours on Sunday 1 March, 48 late.

IImpressive that 'the 10' can carry sufficient fuel for this extra distance, though I don't know if all the luggage is on the flight, or whether further pax had to be refused carriage. Contributors such as @jb747 will know a lot more.

This routing is being used by many airlines to connect Asia to Europe and the UK. QF1 (A388 VH-OQL) is among them but doesn't seem to be losing time: it took off from SIN at 0009 this morning and should arrive only five minutes late at LHR at 0620 hours on Sunday 1 March.

The airspace looks busy, but not super crowded as at least 15,000 flights have been cancelled in little more than 24 hours, a list that'd be growing by the minute. Apparently a 'normal' day worldwide sees 100,000 to 120,000 flights, so having 20,000 out of the air is a big dint.

In these situations, better late arrivals than anything… safety comes first

 

[jb747]

B789 VH-ZNC on Saturday 28 February's 1150 hours LHR down to PER, QF10, took off pretty much on time at 1221 but due to closure of much Middle Eastern airspace, it has flown above Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and then India, so estimated arrival becomes 1318 hours on Sunday 1 March, 48 late.

I've never taken much notice of the 787 flights out of Perth, as they aren't something I'd want to travel on. But the biggest issue will be for the west bound flights. The winds are generally more favourable heading east. The 380s via Singapore generally had a fair bit of weight margin in either direction.