From the locked thread....
Plazbot #351
To counter the thread drift, how much holding gas are Qantas turning up with? With the runway works fast approaching delays will be quite extensive. What are they planning as an alternate? Emirates seem to use OMAL for the 380. Is it the same?
Ex a380 driver
Does QF give an Alternate for Dubai for fuel planning for even if CAVOK forecast?
Direct anywhere
The QF fuel policy doesn't carry an alternate for anywhere else under those conditions so I would consider it highly unlikely there is a different policy for Dubai ops. Having said that, they should have enough fuel on arrival for OMAL and OMAA at least but that tends to be a quirk of the policy rather than deliberate planning.
ex a380 driver
Good luck then with the 40 minutes plus holding that regularly occurs here.
SOPS
Just thinking the same thing Ex A380, we held for nearly an hour last night! ( or this morning, depending on how you look at it
etc.
These posts were from the day before the diversion.
Sorry if you think my post ill-informed, schlong hauler. Seemed pretty pertinent to me.