Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[tomlee1986]

On Monday 7 September, A333 VH-QPG arrived ex HKG as QF30 in MEL at 0655 hours, 25 minutes early.

However its next flight, 0935 hours MEL-NRT (QF79) is expected to depart an hour late.

Some fault may have been developed during the QF30 from HKG - and these aircraft aren’t exactly young anymore

Also according to FR24, now pushed back to 1100 departure

 

[LionKing]

This is the child of the old Krakatoa. It's still a very very large eruption. Ash clouds were seen rising well past the stratosphere (well beyond what planes fly at).

Any bigger and we may have had a major disaster on our hands.

Seems CGK will be an unknown airport for the next day or two still whether it can fully function. A lot will be due to winds as no sane airline will fly through volcanic ash anymore.

Is there alternative airports around CGK that is still open?
Perhaps passengers can catch a high speed train somewhere and change for planes?

 

[elanshin]

Is there alternative airports around CGK that is still open?
Perhaps passengers can catch a high speed train somewhere and change for planes?

It's not just CGK that's closed, all nearby airports are closed it seems. CGK just happens to be the major airport.

I don't think you quite understand... Its a no fly zone in the area unless you want your plane falling out of the sky (and thats not an exaggeration see BA9, SQ21, KLM847 stories from the 80s) . Until the volcanic ash is safely dissipated, nobody is risking flying in the area basically.

 

[LionKing]

It's not just CGK that's closed, all nearby airports are closed it seems. CGK just happens to be the major airport.

I don't think you quite understand... Its a no fly zone in the area unless you want your plane falling out of the sky (and thats not an exaggeration see BA9, SQ21, KLM847 stories from the 80s) . Until the volcanic ash is safely dissipated, nobody is risking flying in the area basically.

I do understand, however I was thinking whether there's like a sea or road option to divert passengers away from the affected area then fly out of Indonesia? Or else many will be stranded?

 

[Melburnian1]

I do understand, however I was thinking whether there's like a sea or road option to divert passengers away from the affected area then fly out of Indonesia? Or else many will be stranded?

Indonesia has one shortish high speed railway, from Jakarta to Bandung. I travelled by rail on the so-called 'classic' route prior to it commencing.

There are also normal trains all the way to Surabaya, with this airport having some international flights to Asian destinations as well as Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

DPS airport is the obvious other alternative, but flights to and from it tend to be heavily booked.

 

[LionKing]

Indonesia has one shortish high speed railway, from Jakarta to Bandung. I travelled by rail on the so-called 'classic' route prior to it commencing.

There are also normal trains all the way to Surabaya, with this airport having some international flights to Asian destinations as well as Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

DPS airport is the obvious other alternative, but flights to and from it tend to be heavily booked.

I think that's what I meant. I was thinking Surabaya would be an easy way out.

 

[tomlee1986]

QF79 on QPG finally took off @ 1114 and arrive at 1959 - 1 hr late

@Melburnian1