QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Christopher Campbell]

When are Qantas’ next batch of A321P2Fs to be delivered? They have 6 more on order I recall.

[Brenden S]

I think it was 2-3-1 each financial year.

[Brenden S]

Network F100 VH-NHK has been painted all white and is currently awaiting the scrapper in Perth. Currently parked next to QQV which is also waiting it's turn for the scrap man.

[Lauren J]

Originally Posted by Brenden S

Network F100 VH-NHK has been painted all white and is currently awaiting the scrapper in Perth. Currently parked next to QQV which is also waiting it's turn for the scrap man.

Thanks Brenden, is there anywhere that these aircraft can be photographed that’s publicly accessible? I saw QQV last week from T1 and it seems pretty tucked away.

[Brenden S]

Skippers terminal is your best chance.

[Kent Broadhead]

Airbridge hits aircraft in Brisbane last night, cracking a windscreen. Appears to be VH-VZG, which had just operated QF186 from ZQN https://www.smh.com.au/national/quee...19-p5m8oy.html

[Rowan McKeever]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Airbridge hits aircraft in Brisbane last night, cracking a windscreen. Appears to be VH-VZG, which had just operated QF186 from ZQN https://www.smh.com.au/national/quee...19-p5m8oy.html

While we're at it, VYI apparently damaged by fire in HKG although from what I've read it seems that it can be repaired?

Qantas 737 sent overseas for maintenance catches fire, resulting in extensive repairs

A Qantas 737 has needed more extensive repairs than first thought after a forgotten vacuum sparked a fire in the cargo hold, which went undetected for hours.

Qantas Boeing 737 undergoing heavy maintenance in Hong Kong has needed a lot more repair work after a battery-powered vacuum caught fire in the cargo hold, causing extensive damage.

Read more: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...f8e-1750244107

And an interesting situation yesterday... a disabled aircraft at DRW forced QF836 to divert to KNX where it (VZF) remained for something like 9.5 hours before continuing to DRW, with support of some description from VXU which positioned PER-KNX in the evening. QF849 was cancelled so that VZY, which had arrived in DRW as QF848, could take QF113 to SIN. Nothing major, just thought it was interesting!

[Adrian B]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Airbridge hits aircraft in Brisbane last night, cracking a windscreen. Appears to be VH-VZG, which had just operated QF186 from ZQN https://www.smh.com.au/national/quee...19-p5m8oy.html

Thankyou for calling O'Briens......

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Kent Broadhead

Airbridge hits aircraft in Brisbane last night, cracking a windscreen. Appears to be VH-VZG, which had just operated QF186 from ZQN https://www.smh.com.au/national/quee...19-p5m8oy.html

Any word on the airbridge ? (Always forgotten)

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Rowan McKeever

While we're at it, VYI apparently damaged by fire in HKG although from what I've read it seems that it can be repaired?

Qantas 737 sent overseas for maintenance catches fire, resulting in extensive repairs

A Qantas 737 has needed more extensive repairs than first thought after a forgotten vacuum sparked a fire in the cargo hold, which went undetected for hours.

Qantas Boeing 737 undergoing heavy maintenance in Hong Kong has needed a lot more repair work after a battery-powered vacuum caught fire in the cargo hold, causing extensive damage.

Read more: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...f8e-1750244107

Qantas has replied:

The aircraft was a Boeing 737.
· The incident occurred in early May. The aircraft is due to return to service in mid-July and there are no impacts to scheduled flights.
· Damage was confined to rear cargo area and the fire was put out within minutes.
·The maintenance provider in Hong Kong is CASA accredited, and all work is overseen and approved by a Qantas engineer on-site.