Qantas A380 flying Sydney-Nagoya-London charter

[AIRwin]

Another A380 charter?
QF6001 from Sydney to Nagoya Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

 

[moa999]

Seems its an F1 charter with the next leg NGO-LHR.
Suzuka race was this past weekend with Australia's Piastri actually crossing the start line and finishing 2nd after leading for 1/4 of the race somewhat unexpectedly.

 

[henrus]

Another A380 charter?
QF6001 from Sydney to Nagoya Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

Given the Japanese F1 has just finished I suspect it's taking staff back from race. With Bahrain and Saudi both cancelled the next is Miami on 4 May so a fair gap giving teams time to head home.

After VH-OQD lands in Nagoya, QF301 is scheduled Nagoya to London Heathrow for a 12:40pm departure tomorrow (Mon 30th Mar) landing Heathrow 7:10pm. Looks like it's then coming back 30th as QF32 a special one off from LHR-SIN-SYD which is available for sale on the QF website.

 

[AIRwin]

QF301 is scheduled Nagoya to London Heathrow for a 12:40pm departure tomorrow (Mon 30th Mar) landing Heathrow 7:10pm.

Transpacific:

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[moa999]

Normal route for Japan and Korea to Europe.

 

[AuSammy]

Normal route for Japan and Korea to Europe.

That was a similar route BA took me from HKG to LHR on my first trip to Europe around 25yrs ago

 

[moa999]

Looks like Qantas added a one-off QF32 to get the aircraft home from LHR.
(Edit. Henrus already noted this above)

 

[SeatBackForward]

Given how tightly strung the A380 network is for Qantas, these charter flights must be very commercially lucrative.

 

[Quickstatus]

these charter flights must be very commercially lucrative.

especially when it can sell seats on the backhaul back from LHR

 

[transpactraveller]

Transpacific:

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View flight QF301 from Nagoya to London on Flightradar24

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Flight time of 13:45 from Japan to LHR over the Arctic, basically the same as to SIN-LHR.

Might be a viable Kangaroo route via Japan if more Middle East airspace becomes closed.

 

[SeatBackForward]

especially when it can sell seats on the backhaul back from LHR

I guess LHR is a better destination for a Charter than say MSY or LAS, but then QF probably plan on an extra stop on the return to try to scrape through some extra seats. I imagine they must be somewhat empty though as the chances of someone searching for seats that happen to be on that day..

 

[transpactraveller]

At least on this one they were probably able to fill it with EK/QR refugees, but I guess normally they must fly them fairly empty as there surely wouldn't be enough last minute bookings to fill an A380.

 

[moa999]

May not have been that last minute

 

[AuSammy]

I guess LHR is a better destination for a Charter than say MSY or LAS, but then QF probably plan on an extra stop on the return to try to scrape through some extra seats. I imagine they must be somewhat empty though as the chances of someone searching for seats that happen to be on that day..

There are AFFers (not me) that have access to tools that could satisfy that question (how many seats sold/available on that particular flight). Would be interesting to know.