Please
The whole thing is a mess, QLink and Cobham. Time to change management and bring everything under one
And how exactly will that help?
The dash 8 cancellations have been high for a looong time, hence the Tamworth CR complaining about Tamworth reliability, ( no 717s to Tamworth, and the places listed are both DHC8 and 717 routes, no mention of routes covered almost solely by 717 I.e. WA and NT). As for the 717’s, the delays/ cancellations sky rocketed when QF changed the maintenance provider. They are so far behind with 717’s parked outside the hangar in Canberra they may well have to send some maintenance back to Cobham. I suspect the reduction in flights (717) is to allow the maintenance to catch up and lack of crew (QF determines the numbers). The decision to change maintenance etc was made “in house” and it has been proven to be a poor decision, short term at least.