This morning when QFi announced further international cabin crew redundancies (via an Expressions of Interest process expected to 'result in several hundred applications') in addition to 8500 earlier flagged sackings, CEO Alan Joyce said that 'all of the B787-900s are active'.
What he didn't comment upon was the level of utilisation.
B789 VH-ZNA's last flight saw it arrive in SYD on Monday 17 May at 1731 hours as QF22 from NRT.
ZNB has only done a return trip SYD - NRT in the past seven days.
ZNC departed from MEL to LAX on 13 May and hasn't been used since, although that may have been to have maintenance occur in California.
ZND wasn't used between Saturday evening (15 May and the same of Tuesday 18.
ZNE has done more, currently undertaking its second SYD - DRW - DEL repatriation flight in a week. Probably sensible where it can to utilise the same aircraft for these Indian politically important flights.
ZNF undertook what may have been a training/recertification for pilots flights as QF1330 on 15 May, travelling way south of Tassie, but has not been used for the last four days nor today thus far.
ZNG has done 1.5 return trips (i.e. three single one ways) MEL - HKG but looks to have been in Melbourne since Saturday afternoon, 15 May 2021.
ZNH returned from its second SYD - DRW - LHR flight in a week on Tuesday afternoon, 18 May but also has sat idle since.
ZNI has undertaken what amounts to a return trip to HKG plus a one way sector MEL - BNE.
ZNJ has done a return trip from LAX plus (similar to ZNF) what may have been a training flight, QF1336 overnight on 14 May but has been in LAX since Saturday 15 May.
ZNK has done one return trip from LAX to BNE.
So while it's variable, the number of block hours must be well below pre-COVID-19 times. This costs QFi a lot of money, although it would make a good profit on any Australian Government hires such as the repatriation flights from DEL and LHR.
Mr Joyce says weekly losses from QFi have reduced to $3 million.