Qantas Launching MEL - HNL from May 2025

[AIRwin]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

 

[exLXCXFF]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

strange, esp given the MEL - LAX cancellation and this one apparently continuing to LAX

 

[TheInsider]

Tonight A380 operating QF105 from Melbourne to Honolulu Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

With no passengers on it though.

 

[AIRwin]

With no passengers on it though.

Another ghost flight?

 

[docjames]

With no passengers on it though.

I thought they usually used a different flight no. eg. 6001 for these flights?

Any idea why they are running it? I see it is then scheduled to head to LAX presumably then back to normal operations?

Climb out of Melbourne didn’t look to have any height restrictions and normal departure profile so didn’t appear to be any technical reason why going via/to HNL?

 

[docjames]

And looks like it has had a fairly typical turnaround time (incl 30 min delayed departure ) and now departed for LAX as QF6001!

 

[markis10]

Probably did the run to HNL to offset the cost of a positioning flight to LAX where it will do a charter