Nope, taken on my way to my Dash 8 this evening....
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VH-OQI by Zac Mathes, on Flickr

Check out the SydSquad live feed for OQD's arrival into RWY25 at 21:40.

SydSquad 9-7-2023 Its about 7hrs 50 into the feed.

OQD is back in service today and is scheduled to operate QF11 to LAX.

Ah thanks Zac, I guess QF would want its planes to get back in service ASAP.

OQI due to operate QF1 this afternoon.

Does anyone know what is happening with OQL given its still in LA?

OQL only got to LAX last Friday. A B789 is used on QF11 on a Monday and on QF12 last Friday, which would have been OQL's first opportunity to operate QF12. With an extra A380 in LAX it is kept for use on QF12 on Monday night (US time) to replace the Monday QF11 B789. While there some maintenance is also undertaken.

Even though OQH (ex SYD Sat, arrive back on Mon) and OQD (ex SYD Sun, to arrive back tomorrow) both turned around in LAX on the same day, the B789 operating once a week on different days means one or two A380s spend a day or two in LAX. You will probably see OQL arrive as QF12 on Wednesday.

If QF11/12 operated every day of the week with an A380 you would probably see the same day turnaround in LAX, depending also on QF17/18 services.

Thanks James makes sense. It would be good to get the A380 back on the MEL-LAX service more permanently but with OQJ now in AUH for maintenance I guess this will be challenging until it returns to service??

Mr Patters, the A380 is scheduled to resume LAX-MEL-LAX from the beginning of the NW timetable but only twice a week, Mon & Sat ex MEL. It looks as though this A380 will be based in LAX but could be rotated with QF11/12 back and forth to SYD. QF 11/12 will be daily.

QF127/128 will be operated by an A380 during NW initially five per week building up to daily from 1/1/24.

I thought I read that MEL-SIN-MEL was going to be operated by A380s during NW but can't see this in the QANTAS timetable, with A330s scheduled.

Therefore, QANTAS will need a total of seven A380s to operate the NW schedule. They currently have seven in service with OQI returning and effectively replacing OQJ, which is now in AUH. OQL will probably remain unrefurbished and operate QF127/128 but another A380 (OQA, OQC or OQJ) returning to service will leave one in reserve for possible unserviceabilities.

https://twitter.com/Qantas/status/1678943616755187717First A220 is being built https://twitter.com/Qantas/status/16...187717/photo/1

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