Etihad Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

On Saturday 22 December 2018, EY455, the 2150 hours SYD - AUH (A380 A6-APG) did not depart with passengers and crew spending the night in Sydney. On Sunday 23, lift off was at 0728 hours so arrival is suggested as 1450 hours, 560 minutes behind schedule. Many connections will be missed.

 

[Must...Fly!]

On Saturday 22 December 2018, EY455, the 2150 hours SYD - AUH (A380 A6-APG) did not depart with passengers and crew spending the night in Sydney. On Sunday 23, lift off was at 0728 hours so arrival is suggested as 1450 hours, 560 minutes behind schedule. Many connections will be missed.

This was due to a medical diversion in to CMB on the inbound flight.

 

[Melburnian1]

B789 A6-BLP on EY461, the 2230 hours Sunday 23 December 2018 MEL to AUH took off at 2348. On Monday 24, arrival should be at 0632 hours, 57 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

31 December 2018 sees EY460 (B789 A6-BLK) from AUH to MEL arriving at 1920, 35 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Passengers on EY450, the Tuesday 1 January 2019 scheduled 1020 hours morning flight from AUH to SYD (A380 A6-APF) must have had an enforced long day in the Middle East as it took off at 2226 hours. Consequently, SYD arrival on 2 January is 1855 not 0655, exactly 12 hours behind schedule.

The return flight to AUH, EY451 normally departs SYD at this time of year at 1640 hours but is expected tonight to push back at about 2105, 265 minutes late, again meaning many missed connections.

 

[Melburnian1]

Due to the Sydney storms that stuck about 1715 hours on Saturday 5 January and have continued well into the evening, A380 A6-APB, the 1640 hours SYD - DOH (EY451) had not taken off by 2218. Surely the crew, if the original one, would be unable to take the aircraft due to insufficient crew duty hours remaining.

UPDATE: EY451 managed to push back at about 2235 hours.

 

[Melburnian1]

BNE international had to be evacuated on Saturday night 2 February 2019 at about 2030 hours due to a man of Middle Eastern ethnicity allegedly making a false bomb threat and brandishing a knife at female family members.

EY485, the late night 2225 hours BNE - AUH took off at 0106 on Sunday 3 with B789 A6-BLH. Arrival should be at 0906 hours, 126 minutes behind schedule.

 

[Melburnian1]

EY463, Wednesday 6 February's 1650 hours afternoon MEL - AUH (B789 A6-BLL) took off at 1818 hours,. so delayed arrival should be on Thursday 7 at 0129 hours, 84 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Monday 25 February 2019 has EY451, the 1640 hours afternoon long flight from SYD to AUH (B773ER A6-ETL) airborne at 1812, so arrival is suggested for Tuesday 26 as 0124, 69 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Friday 8 March 2019 finds EY462 from AUH to MEL (B789 A6-BLT) likely to arrive at 0552 hours, 32 minutes late.

 

[Melburnian1]

EY460 from AUH to MEL is arriving on Tuesday 12 March 2019 with B789 A6-BLV at 1920 hours, 35 late.

 

[eminere]

Due to weather in Sydney, the 14 March 2150 EY455 service to AUH finally departed SYD on 15 March at 0025, with an anticipated arrival of 0731.

 

[Melburnian1]

Monday 8 April 2019 sees EY460, the AUH - MEL (B789 A6-BLU) arriving at an expected 1756 hours, 51 late.

 

[Silvia]

Saturday 4th of May sees EY460 AUH-MEL (B789 A6-BLH) with a revised arrival of 18 06, 61 min tardy.

 

[Melburnian1]

EY460, the 2145 hours Thursday mid evening 30 May AUH - MEL (B789 A6-BLS) took off at 2239 so on Friday 31, expected arrival is 1747, 42 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Thursday 20 June 2019's EY451 from SYD up to AUH, the 1515 hours was in the sky at 1713. A380 A6-APH should arrive at 0118 hours, 83 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

On Saturday 22 June, the AUH - MEL EY460 (2145 hours scheduled pushback) took off at 2337 so on Sunday 23 arrival is at about 1810 hours, 65 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

AUH - SYD EY454 has A380 A6-APG and on Tuesday 25 June 2019 should arrive at 1828 hours, 38 late.

 

[Melburnian1]

Monday 1 July is wintry and has fairly strong winds gusting to 50kmh at MEL as EY460 from AUH prepares to arrive at 1762, 47 late. Aircraft is B789 A6-BLR.

 

[Melburnian1]

EY460, the 2145 hours Thursday 11 July AUH to MEL (B773ER A6-ETP) took off at 2358, so on Friday 12, arrival is 1917 hours, 132 minutes late, with a holding pattern east of Bendigo not assisting timekeeping.