QF A330 From Hong Kong
 

QF7006 currently on flight radar at 41000 feet, south of Philip Island. Rego VH-QPD, where is it going?

Freighter operation

To Hobart?

Yes. Aircraft then positions to SYD.

Thanks! Never seen something like that before so I was interested to find out more.

There are plenty of strange flights kicking around, there are a pair of Air NZ B789's going to and from PVG on a daily basis, both bringing medical stuff from China. There's also a load of repatriation flights to the UK leaving NZ from today.

Speaking of strange flights, Cobham's Q400 was in Darwin the other day flying up from Perth.

A 787, QF7027 is en-route from Melbourne to Beunos Aires too. It a repatriation charter for the government.

Air New Zealand 777 currently enroute Delhi to Auckland as well.

Does anyone know why an Express Freighter 737 would be heading to XSP (Seletar Airport) for?

Operated back via Meekatharra.

Expect to see one of their RJs up there on Monday too.

At a guess - Maintenance

Heavy maintenance.

Another odd one, ZND QF7025, MEL-JNB

Another repatriation flight. Due back in MEL Thursday arvo.

I saw an article the other day mentioning a repatriation flight from South Africa.

How are they choosing who crew these flights? You would think that they would give everyone a fair shot at keeping their recency?

The repatriation flights will dry up - but the freighter flights will continue into the future until a more "normalised" international operation is stood up.