Originally Posted by
Dee Vee
So, whats happening with Qantas, currently Sydney airport showing 5 international departures for tonight, only 1 is "on time" but is actually 3 hours delayed, 2 are delayed until tomorrow, including QF25 and the other 2 delayed 2 or 3 hours. Sounds like a major SNAFU.
It appears that most of the international delays are caused by one B747 being in HKG for unscheduled maintenance (that should have been able to be done in-house). As it is now a small fleet, there is not much flexibility to juggle the remaining aircraft onto all the services.
As the Haneda (Tokyo) services normally involve the aircraft remaining on the ground all day, it is the only route where they can catch up some time. This is done by delaying the departure until the afternoon of the following day so that it arrives in HND at 10pm and is turned around immediately for the southbound service. I expect this will continue to happen until OJU returns from HKG maintenance.