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Friday 15 August 2025 finds QF81, the scheduled 1020 hours midmorning SYD-SIN (A333 VH-QPD) estimated to depart 280 minutes late at 1500 mid afternoon. This flight at present can be an A332, A333 or B789. Quite the variety. Sister -QPD arrived this morning in SYD at 0856 hours, 131 minutes...

On Thursday 14 August, QF127, the 1020 hours SYD up to HKG with A333 VH-QPD is expected to depart at 1210 hours. The aircraft arrived in SYD this morning four minutes early at 0641 as QF128 from HKG, but overnight. No obvious reason for the delay, but perhaps @tomlee1986 may (again) consider...

That's helpful, but as with many other AFFers, I do not want to travel near a dog, cat or other pet. They have no place on public conveyances. Wary of going OT but I've even had an unrestrained large dog on a Melbourne suburban train growl at me when I politely informed the feral male owner...

Make sure your myki card is less than four years old as IIRC they expire. There are myki machines at T1 and T4 arrivals halls if you want to top up that way. Spencer St has been called 'Southern Cross' since c.2005.

Part of the walk involves cresting a gradient. Not an issue for me, but those with less mobility may find it adds to the challenge. T1 is more than a 'couple of hundred metres' from the T4 SkyBus stop. This bus company couldn't care less about passengers. Its fares are so high that from many...

In more unpunctuality on the London to Perth route, the Monday 11 August 2025 QF10 (due out at 1155 hours) was airborne at 0852 on Tuesday 12 with B789 VH-ZNK. Wednesday 13 arrival at gate in PER should be at about 0747 hours, 1197 minutes late. It doesn't seem to be delaying any international...

Others will have more knowledge but the supposed range of these aircraft is 6480km v MEL-SIN that's slightly above 6,000. So it may be possible but IIRC airlines can be conservative and want to have a margin of safety. If less freight or fewer passengers and associated luggage were carried...

One would hope a partial refund is given due to the lack of available J on the connecting flight. But I may be expecting Nirvana when the reality is closer to Dystopian.

The Sunday 10 August QF10 (timetabled at 1155 hours ex LHR express to PER) took off at 2037. PER likely gate arrival becomes Monday 11 at around 2001 hours, 491 minutes late. It looks like this will delay QF33, the early evening 1935 hours PER-CDG in France with it optimistically expected to...

@tomlee1986 , Channel 7 news - watched by many on Sunday nights - had a brief story about this. If the A333 remains out of service tomorrow, is QF easily able to substitute a 'domestic' A332 out of SYD for whatever flight VH_QPJ had been rostered for? Not ideal: IIRC, the A332s lack proper...

The expected delay has become 265 minutes, as the new nominal departure is at 1630 hours this afternoon (Sunday 10).

I have no technical expertise but don't buy Alan Joyce's claim that it's normal for commercial planes to be in the air for 30 years. It has been true in some cases, but there are also airlines that replace fleets much earlier than that. Reports of tape being used to fix toilet doors etc. don't...

Thanks! That suggests there's something wrong with the A333, though thankfully, passengers and crew are safe. While airlines can become creative (as can patrons!) with replacement flight routings, if CX104 and CX178 are full or close to it, some passengers may be facing at least a delay of 24...

On Sunday 10 August 2025, QF29 (1020 hours MEL-HKG) took off at 1147 hours but by 1224 had diverted back to MEL. As at 1247 hours, assuming FR24 is accurate, A333 VH-QPJ looked to be blocking the main north-south runway, making it hard for NZ124, to depart the 1205 hours MEL-AKL that was at...

Good pickup! AS at 1245 hours, assuming FR24 is accurate with placements, the north-south runway was still blocked. QR989 is about to land ex ADL (b773ER A7-BAC) and like all other movements, it's using the east-west runway, arriving from the east. If the blockage continues for more than a...

A333 VH-QPH arrived MEL on Sunday 10 August at 0715 hours, 10 minutes early as QF30 overnight from HKG, but is delayed until 1500 hours in pushback on QF35, the timetabled 1205 hours MEL-SIN. B789 VH-ZNE should arrive on QF27 in SCL half an hour late at 1035 hours local time. A388 VH-OQL on...

What flight were you placed on, and how much time did this leave you for your connection?

Saturday 9 August has QF1, the 1450 hours A380 SYD-SIN expected to depart 105 minutes late at 1635 hours. Later, the 1745 hours SYD-LAX QF11, also an A380, is supposedly departing at 2100 hours mid evening, 205 minutes behind schedule. A332 VH-EBM is on QF67, the 0905 hours SYD-BLR in India...

On Wednesday 6 August, QF1 (A388 VH_OQJ, 1450 hours SYD-SIN) wasn't in the air until 1647 hours, so gate arrival should be at about 2256 hours, 101 minutes late. A332 VH-EBM is on QF67 from SYD to India's BLR where it's due at about 1723 hours, 48 minutes behind schedule.

If one has a lower level card that's losing travel insurance in mid-2026, will NAB be likely to agree to switch the holder to a higher fee 'Level 1' card as noted above? One would have to complete a new application as that'd be required by the conditions of the credit provider licence. What...