QF9 is delayed 5 hours tonight. Looks like it may have pushed back and returned to gate in MEL.
QF states departure on 7 February ex MEL will be at 2230, the PER stop becoming 2305 to (Saturday 8) 0050 hours and LHR at gate arrival 1030 hours, 325 minutes behind the timetable. Int heory the 1155 hours Saturday QF10 should be (just) able to depart punctually.
Meanwhile, about 700 air kilometres north, QF3, the 1915 hours early evening SYD - HNL did not push back until 2216 hours, so same day arrival has become 1110 hours, 175 minutes behind the timetable. QF4, the Saturday 8 returning flight should depart at 1235 (155 minutes late), arriving in SYD at the gate at 2015 hours, 160 late. VH-EBV is the A332, that after arriving ex MEL in AKL at 1804 hours, nine minutes late, quickly turned around and ran empty ('ferried') to SYD as QF6005, taking off at 1923 and arriving at 2039 hours. This gives one the impression another A332 (in Sydney) became defective.
In the 13 hours to 2200 tonight, 38.6mm of rain has been recorded at SYD (airport.) While not like BNE or CFS in the last day or so, it's substantial.
UPDATE: QF9 (B789 VH-ZNA) pushed back at 2228 hours, taking off at 2237, a very fast time for taxiing at most major airports. Ot had arrived as QF10 ex LHR and then PER at 2028 hours, three minutes late. Having 'the 10' form 'the 9' in MEL is not usual.
QF95, the non-daily (but operating tonight) 2220 hours MEL - LAX is estimated to be on its way at 0100 hours on Saturday 8 with at gate arrival turning into 2025 hours on Friday 7, 165 minutes tardy. VH-ZND has sat in MEL all day after arriving on QF30 ex HKG, while ZNJ is also in MEL ex QF96 from LAX.
QF583 (A332 VH-EBF) is the 1955 hours SYD - PER airborne at 2131, so at gate arrival has become a suggested 2258 hours, 68 minutes behind time.