Originally Posted by
KRviator
Indeed...It's only 30 years since Qantas took their new 747-400 non-stop from London to Sydney. You would have thought if tomorrows announcement is about the A350 & LHR-SYD non-stop that Airbus wold at least be able to do Toulouse-Sydney non-stop to show off their new toy.
Guess they have their reasons. Maybe it's to placate der fuhrer so he doesn't think he's going to lose his precious QF9/QF10 services out of Perth?
I’m guessing the reason for the night time arrival would be the QF decals placed on the aircraft for its grand entrance in the morning.
With todays winds, and the configuration it flew in, they could have flown LHR-AKL with OHA as an alternate.