QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Dennis McLean]

Thanks James.

[James Smith]

B717 VH-NXD has left CBR for APW (5 hours) as SXI2366 on the first leg of its ferry flight to VCV. I read somewhere that a temporary fuel bladder had been fitted to increase the range of these flights, hence the more direct Pacific crossing for NXD and not over the northern Pacific or through Europe.

[Tristan S]

Originally Posted by James Smith

B717 VH-NXD has left CBR for APW (5 hours) as SXI2366 on the first leg of its ferry flight to VCV. I read somewhere that a temporary fuel bladder had been fitted to increase the range of these flights, hence the more direct Pacific crossing for NXD and not over the northern Pacific or through Europe.

She's coming back to SYD after doing a few loops over NLK
No indication of why.

(side note: must be some gnarly headwinds, looking at the ground speed it has dropped by 100-150kts)