Bed bugs result in cancelled QF6

[AIRwin]

Post in thread 'Qantas Delays/Cancellations'

Oct 25, 2026

QF21/22 cancelled today.

VH-ZNI bedbug again?

• AIRwin

 

[DC3]

… they discovered the bedbugs on the SYD-PER sector and then removed the seat covers in Perth before continuing to Rome.

It may need more than removing seat covers. Bed bugs can be very hard to eliminate, hiding in cracks/crevices.

 

[Quickstatus]

They also removed and replaced the carpets in the affected section.

It is also not inconceivable that bed bugs are also present on other aircraft whatever the airline

 

[esseeeayeenn]

They also removed and replaced the carpets in the affected section.

It is also not inconceivable that bed bugs are also present on other aircraft whatever the airline

This may have been based on a misapprehension that bed bugs need soft materials to hide in.
They can and do survive on hard surfaces.

They need to bite and suck blood from mammals to survive, and, in particular, to lay eggs.
Their bites are so irritating they are unlikely to go unnoticed.
So it seems unlikely they could infest an aircraft for long undetected.

 

[Quickstatus]

This may have been based on a misapprehension that bed bugs need soft materials to hide in.

Seat cushions and carpets are difficult to cmean
And because they are removable, easier to change.

Their bites are so irritating they are unlikely to go unnoticed.

Not true,
See my post upthread.

 

[AIRwin]

Post in thread 'Qantas Delays/Cancellations'

Oct 25, 2026

QF21/22 cancelled today.

VH-ZNI bedbug again?

• AIRwin

It has been ferried back to SYD

 

[Big John]

Yes, it was VH-ZNI.

I'm due to fly this aircraft on Monday (assuming no equipment swap). Hopefully they've cleared out the bed bugs by then.

 

[AIRwin]

I'm due to fly this aircraft on Monday (assuming no equipment swap). Hopefully they've cleared out the bed bugs by then.

It has been grounded in SYD since Monday - to let the bed bugs die out?

 

[Melburnian1]

It has been grounded in SYD since Monday - to let the bed bugs die out?

It's appropriately registered - 'I' for 'insects'.

 

[AIRwin]

It's appropriately registered - 'I' for 'insects'.

And Infestation

 

[Brissy1]

And Infestation

V very
H high edit harmful
Z zoological
N nasty
I infestation

 

[DC3]

It has been grounded in SYD since Monday - to let the bed bugs die out?

Adult bed bugs may live for 2-6 months without feeding, at moderate temperature, and up to 12 months in cooler temperature.

 

[AIRwin]

It's scheduled to return to service today operating QF3

 

[DC3]

It's scheduled to return to service today operating QF3

Waiting … waiting …

 

[logicallysynced]

Also on ZNI tonight as it does QF75.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Another case of bed bugs on QF94 from LAX being reported now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/s/xtHvJtiEuP

Makes you wonder how often it has happens in the past before people jumped to social media.

 

[logicallysynced]

Another case of bed bugs on QF93 from LAX being reported now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/perth/s/xtHvJtiEuP

Makes you wonder how often it has happens in the past before people jumped to social media.

Apparently according to the OP this was QF94 on the 23rd Oct, so same ZNI aircraft.

 

[Big John]

I'm due to fly this aircraft on Monday (assuming no equipment swap). Hopefully they've cleared out the bed bugs by then.

Late equipment swap. Now flying on VH-ZNN.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Apparently according to the OP this was QF94 on the 23rd Oct, so same ZNI aircraft.

Yep sorry will edit my post.

 

[platinumEnjoyer]

Far less thrilled to be flying per-cdg in a few months time now on a 789. The second occurrence of this is awful PR for QF. If it’s the same plane as the first time this happened on the FCO flight after their big claims of “deep cleaning” they have also burnt trust - how are we to believe that their deep cleans worked now? I’m generally a qf enjoyer but this is actually moving the needle a bit for me.