Thanks very much for the information, Stirling. Much appreciated. A380 OQG operated QF11 to LAX yesterday and will return to SYD as QF12 tomorrow morning at 8:10am before ferrying to AUH as QF6015.
I noticed that OQD did not have a test flight in AUH before flying home. The only reason I came up with for this was because nothing was done to the aircraft that would have affected its flying performance or normal operations. Possibly OQD was in AUH for wing spar inspections which take approximately 50 days to perform and as she was there for 57 days the inspection work could have been done. Maybe OQG is also having her wing spar inspections while in AUH.
Mr. Patters, the last few A380 repaints, not associated with maintenance, have been done in PUS South Korea. OQH flew LAX-PUS-LAX for her repaint in October, 2023.