QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Peter C]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

Qantas Conducts 3 Special Flights To Buenos Aires Amid Rugby Championship

https://simpleflying.com/qantas-3-sp...-championship/

Found via google

Thanks Greg

It will be interesting to see whether the last flight also returns via NZ.

[Neil Hogbin]

VHOQG finally on her way as qf6025 to Abu Dhabi from lax

[Tristan S]

OQE has been moved ready for parting out.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgspmbUp...d=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[Neil Hogbin]

VH-OQB heading home from Abu Dhabi this afternoon, due into Sydney Friday lunchtime.

[James Smith]

Thanks for the information, Neil. VH-OQB is due to land at 11:52 this morning, according to FlightAware.

This will give QANTAS a fifth operational A380 and enable them to add another aircraft to the QF11/12 SYD-LAX-SYD route, making it a six day a week service from next Thursday 11 August, 2022. The Tuesday QF11/12 will be operated by a B789 until early December.

QANTAS will need a sixth A380 from 2 December, 2022 to operate QF93/94 MEL-LAX-MEL three times a week and the seventh A380 from 25 March, 2023 when this flight will operate six days a week.

Maybe QANTAS will have another operational A380 as a spare for the Christmas/New Year peak period. The timetable has an A380 operating QF18 from LAX-SYD on 7 January, 2023, making two A380 flights from LAX to SYD on that date, but this could be achieved by utilising the QF94 A380.

[James Smith]

A380, VH-OQB is returning to service today, 6 August operating QF1 SYD-SIN-LHR.

[MarkR]

787 deliveries recommence Wednesday, QF are down the line a bit, AA first up.

[Peter C]

Originally Posted by MarkR

787 deliveries recommence Wednesday, QF are down the line a bit, AA first up.

As noted back in June ...

Originally Posted by Peter C

With the way the undelivered 789's are stored in two groups at VCV, with one Qantas 789 in the western group ~8 from the head of the line, and the other two (one of which is ZNN) in the eastern group also ~8 from the head of the line, they are way down the queue.

I haven't found any change to these positions in the available aerial photography nor aircraft photo sites in later reviews.

It should also be noted that in addition to the 787s in storage at VCV, there are, according to the production spreadsheet, also 22 787s on the Everett Flight-line.
Boeing 787 production

[C Patters]

Do we know roughly what month Qantas will commence deliveries of their remaining 3 x 787's?

[Brett o]

Does anyone know why Qantas VH OQD has been in LAX for a few days and not yet returned to Sydney?