380 exempt from Sydney Airport curfew??

[Sprucegoose]

I see QF2 arrives into Sydney at 0510. I am assuming the aircraft type is exempt due to noise classification?

 

[Mal]

No. There is a dispensation for a certain number of aircraft to land that early.
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/aviation/environmental/curfews/SydneyAirport/SydneyCurfewBrief.aspx

the Act provides for international passenger movements between 11pm and midnight and between 5am and 6am (the curfew shoulder periods) subject to

jet aircraft meeting the strictest ICAO noise standards (Chapter 3)

no more than 24 movements per week (no more than 5 on any one day) between 5am and 6am, which may only be landings [quota set by Regulation]

zero movements between 11pm and midnight [quota set by Regulation].

During the curfew aircraft must operate over Botany Bay, that is take-offs to the south and landings to the north

on Saturdays and Sundays aircraft must also operate over Botany Bay in the hour before and after the curfew, provided the weather and traffic conditions allow this to take place safely

aircraft are not permitted to take off over the suburbs after 10.45pm.