QANTAS and Olympic Athletes

Joseph Saragozza. · #1 22nd August 2008, 05:33 PM

our athletes are due to come home on tuesday morining. dose anybody know what time they arrive at sydney and what aircraft they will be using?
in 2004 they used 2 747 one of them was Wunala Dreaming.
regos would be helpful.

thanks

joe.

Jamie D · #2 22nd August 2008, 05:50 PM

ok im gonna have a shot in the dark here and say they will use wunala (because it is wunala) and VH-OEB as it is in the new livery, these are just guesses mind you but seem not too unrealistic....
Then again they may just use any plane that 1. isnt grounded for maintenance checks, 2 stuck in perth waiting on a new engine, 3. stuck in perth ****ing water out of the tanks, 4. overseas getting stapled back together or 5 stuck overseas with a massive hole in the side.
At this rate they might be sending the hawdon to pick them up, LOL.

Josh F · #3 22nd August 2008, 06:21 PM

It will be an A330 and a 744.

Regos to come.

Marty H · #4 22nd August 2008, 07:12 PM

Wont be Wunala shes busy on the MEL-LAX route.

Joseph Saragozza. · #5 23rd August 2008, 12:29 PM

yes i too was hoping for WUNALA and VH-OEB.

how did you find out which aircraft i was gonna be josh?

D Chan · #6 23rd August 2008, 01:34 PM

Hi - most likely it won't be OEJ. At the moment it looks like being a RR powered 744 and the newest a333.
As mentioned before it is going to be a 744 and a333 charter on top of the normal PEK-SYD serviced by the Airbus.

The A333 will be specially flown in from HKG after flying SYD-HKG (so it will do a HKG-PEK sector), while the 744 will be specially flown in from SYD. These two flights will have the special 4 digit flight number QF60xx.

The A333 will depart Beijing for Sydney some 40 minutes earlier than the 744. Not exactly sure if they will arrive at Sydney one after the other but 40 minutes is just about the difference when it comes to the 744 and the A333's slower cruise speed.

Josh F · #7 23rd August 2008, 01:39 PM

I work in the industry.

Alex Lui · #8 25th August 2008, 07:34 AM

I can say it's not VH-OEB doing the Beijing run. It's heading back to Sydney as QF2 at present.

VH-OJH is operating QF6015 Sydney - Beijing.

VH-QPD I would assume going off what has been said (aircraft in Hong Kong flown up to Beijing) is doing the other charter.

Alex.

Ryan N · #9 25th August 2008, 08:32 AM

Heard on Seven News last night there would be 2 charters, with medal winners to be seated in business class.

Daniel M · #10 25th August 2008, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryan N

Heard on Seven News last night there would be 2 charters, with medal winners to be seated in business class.

LOL! If thats for real, what an absolute disgrace!