Qantas A380 reliability issues creeping up again?

[Melburnian1]

QF63/64 today on the forward journey (only from what I can see) is having a 75 minute stop in Perth - see the Qantas delays/cancellations thread elsewhere on AFF.

 

[TeaKozy]

Nah. Part of the master plan to pivot purely to selling wine, overpriced Nintendo Switches, and holidays without the benefits tied to hotel loyalty plans.

And the occasional Brethren charter to retain their AOC.

 

[edwinternet]

QF12 8 September changed from A380 to a 787, unsure why

 

[Melburnian1]

The ageing A380s are running late on Saturday 27 June 2026 with QF7 from SYD to DFW altered to depart 135 minutes late at 1415 hours this afternoon, while QF93 from MEL to Lax (scheduled at 0945) is changed to depart at 1145 hours.

Perhaps additional maintenance is required as in each case, the aircraft arrived SYD and MEL respectively this morning at 0636 hours, both nine minutes early.

Notably, A380 operators like SQ and the largest one, EK largely manage to punctually depart, time after time, but QFi struggles with this basic metric.

 

[Melburnian1]

QF7 SYD-DFW on Monday 29 June is expected to depart 510 minutes late at 2030 hours mid evening. See the Qantas Delays/Cancellations thread.

 

[Melburnian1]

Tonight one QFi A380 flight is suddenly delayed by at least two hours, another one tomorrow has been cancelled and a third offshore is heavily delayed and possibly not departing tonight Australian time.

All on various USA routes: see the Qantas Dealys/Cancellations thread for more.