QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by Ryan K

A220 flights seem to be cancelled an awful lot. Is it crewing issues or reliability issues?

I think it's a bit of both. The A220 fleet worldwide has had terrible reliability due to poor engines and general supply chain issues; even the world's largest operators like Delta and Air Canada have had to ground a large portion of their fleet. I saw recently that a third of all Airbus new narrowbody aircraft (NEO and A220) are currently grounded over reliability concerns.
Expect the same with Qantas' A321XLR.

[MarkR]

At this stage it’s a lack of crew owing to the poor conditions, pure and simple.

[Rowan McKeever]

From what I've been hearing, you could've stopped that sentence at "lack of crew" as it doesn't seem to be only the conditions that are causing the problem.