Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Daver6]

QF6 tomorrow (19th Oct) from PER to SYD is having the departure time pushed out. First by 30 minutes this morning and now to 1pm. Any idea what's going on there?

 

[Flyerqf]

QF6 tomorrow (19th Oct) from PER to SYD is having the departure time pushed out. First by 30 minutes this morning and now to 1pm. Any idea what's going on there?

The QF6 inbound aircraft is coming in late which would explain the initial 30 minute delay.
The further delay to 1pm is now due to a tail swap. Inbound aircraft from QF10 looks like it is taking QF6 over to Sydney.

 

[Daver6]

The QF6 inbound aircraft is coming in late which would explain the initial 30 minute delay.
The further delay to 1pm is now due to a tail swap. Inbound aircraft from QF10 looks like it is taking QF6 over to Sydney.

That makes sense. Out of curiosity, how did you figure this out? Also, any idea why they're switching aircraft?

 

[ABC1]

So close yet so far…..

 

[SydneySwan]

I think it was reported that bed bugs were on the Rome flight and they had to take the aircraft out of service for fumigation.

Mrs SS rang Qantas to ask why specifically her flight was cancelled and they were exceedingly coy and eventually told her that there was a medical emergency. I don't know wht they couldn't have been honest.

 

[Melburnian1]

Thank you @ABC1 .

On Monday 19 October, the diversion to SYD was quite brief, with A388 VH-OQH arriving at gate in MEL as QF94 by 0913 hours, 148 minutes late.

As this A380 is forming the 0945 hours MEL-LAX QF93, that's been delayed to an expected 1110 hours pushback. No time for a decent internal clean given the lengthy time it takes for passengers to alight and new ones to board.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Mrs SS rang Qantas to ask why specifically her flight was cancelled and they were exceedingly coy and eventually told her that there was a medical emergency. I don't know wht they couldn't have been honest.

That also sounds mostly like a "give them any answer to get them off the call" response. the QF customer support team seem to excel at this act.

 

[Melburnian1]

Despite A388 VH-OQJ overnighting in Sydney, expected departure of QF7, the 1300 hours' SYD-DFW is delayed until 1600 mid afternoon.

In recent days, this lengthy flight has twice been cancelled as noted above.

Thank you @ABC1 .

On Monday 19 October, the diversion to SYD was quite brief, with A388 VH-OQH arriving at gate in MEL as QF94 by 0913 hours, 148 minutes late.

As this A380 is forming the 0945 hours MEL-LAX QF93, that's been delayed to an expected 1110 hours pushback. No time for a decent internal clean given the lengthy time it takes for passengers to alight and new ones to board.

QF93 was airborne at 1209, so same day arrival becomes 0801 hours, 116 minutes late.

 

[imipenam]

QF2 15 Oct from London-Singapore-Sydney cancelled due to mechanical failure. Sat on tarmac whilst attempting repairs for up to 2 hours, followed by disembarkation and rebooking on QF7002 the next night. Very poor/lack of organisation by Qantas trying to arrange accommodation for passengers (passengers asked to organise their own transport to hotel - this was midnight with minimal taxis and ubers at London airport) plus the hassle for passengers in transit without ETA trying to get through UK immigration treated almost like criminals. Qantas lounges in London and Singapore the next day was over capacity due to 2x A380s flying from London through to Sydney. What a coughshow! Spontaneous offer of 20k FF points.

If anyone from that flight reads this, do not forget the UK 261 compensation (that was never mentioned by Qantas of course).