QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Mitchell M.]

YQW’s final landing can be seen on Only Planes Network on YouTube.
http://https://www.youtube.com/live/...lsbWbpArvqAVDm

[James Smith]

QANTAS A380 VH-OQD is scheduled to return AUH-SYD as QF6014 departing 10:00am local today and arriving in SYD at 7:02am tomorrow morning Wednesday 1/1/25.

What work would have been done in AUH which only took seven days to perform? Can a main gear change be carried out in that time? OQK had one done in DRS in 2023 but it took nearly five weeks.

[James Smith]

It looks as though the return of OQD has been delayed by 24 hours and is now scheduled to arrive at 7:30am on Thursday.

[James Smith]

OQD has just left AUH after maintenance nearly 2 hours late and is now due to arrive in SYD at 8:42 AEDT tomorrow.

[Tristan S]

OQI currently heading to Dresden as QF6021

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by Tristan S

OQI currently heading to Dresden as QF6021

I believe that’s the last A380 in the old livery, any chance it will be repainted while it’s there?

[James Smith]

Yes Lauren, OQI is the last A380 in the previous new roo QANTAS livery. The A380 repainted prior to that was OQH which ferried from LAX to PUS (Busan, South Korea) in October, 2023. I read online prior to COVID that QANTAS signed a contract to have their last four A380s (at the time) repainted in PUS at the Korean Air facility there, but this may have changed in the intervening years. OQJ was the first of the four with the other eight A380s already repainted in AUH. The link following the first repainting is below:

https://supertravelme.com/flying/kor...s-qantas-a380/

DRS has been used by QANTAS for refurbishment, gear changes and other maintenance. OQI may be going there for a gear change and could return to SYD via PUS. Both EBE and EBF flew from DRS direct to PUS for repainting after their freighter conversions. We shall see.

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by James Smith

Yes Lauren, OQI is the last A380 in the previous new roo QANTAS livery. The A380 repainted prior to that was OQH which ferried from LAX to PUS (Busan, South Korea) in October, 2023. I read online prior to COVID that QANTAS signed a contract to have their last four A380s (at the time) repainted in PUS at the Korean Air facility there, but this may have changed in the intervening years. OQJ was the first of the four with the other eight A380s already repainted in AUH. The link following the first repainting is below:

https://supertravelme.com/flying/kor...s-qantas-a380/

DRS has been used by QANTAS for refurbishment, gear changes and other maintenance. OQI may be going there for a gear change and could return to SYD via PUS. Both EBE and EBF flew from DRS direct to PUS for repainting after their freighter conversions. We shall see.

Thank you for that wonderful insight James

[Greg Hyde]

VH-VYD returned from Hong Kong yesterday (13/01) after around 6 weeks of maintenance & maybe a repaint.

[Zac M]

I would hope it didn’t get a repaint given it’s already in the silver roo livery, many other aircraft in need of it before that!

Speaking of, first B737 of the year to go to TSV for paint went on 10 January, VH-VZT