QANTAS A.380

[James Smith]

Yes, I thought that OQH, as the 12th A380, would be needed for QF127/128 A380 operations which are scheduled to commence tomorrow 19/12/19. However, QANTAS can skimp another day from the few days that an A380 is not needed for QF17/18 on Friday evening to Tuesday morning to operate QF127 tomorrow.

As you say Dennis, OQH is needed for one of the four A380 flights scheduled on Friday 20/12/19, the latest which departs as QF17 at 18:25.

QF1 departed yesterday and is scheduled to depart today so it looks as though OQH will be ferried back to SYD and not re-positioned to LHR to operate QF2. Therefore, she would need to leave DRS, via a refuelling stop, early afternoon local time tomorrow at the very latest to be here in time to operate QF17.

We'll see what happens between now and tomorrow afternoon.

[James Smith]

A380 OQH is finally on the move. According to FlightAware she is departing DRS in just under 2 hours at 11:10 local non-stop to SYD. Flight time 18 hours 15 minutes with an arrival time of 5:25 tomorrow morning in SYD. DRS must have a long runway. I checked it out - a single runway of 2850 metres, configured 04/22.

Wow. No refuelling stop for this baby. This is like a Project Sunrise flight in itself.

[David C]

Originally Posted by James Smith

A380 OQH is finally on the move. According to FlightAware she is departing DRS in just under 2 hours at 11:10 local non-stop to SYD. Flight time 18 hours 15 minutes with an arrival time of 5:25 tomorrow morning in SYD. DRS must have a long runway.

Wow. No refuelling stop for this baby. This is like a Project Sunrise flight in itself.

DRS has a 2800M long runway. The A380 will be well under Max take off weight and will easily get airborne with a good safety margin . The A380 for any given weight has a far superior runway performance than a 747 .

Dave C

[James Smith]

OQH as QF6016 was airborne from DRS five minutes ago at 11:35 local.