I don't pretend to know anything about aircraft positioning when they come back into service but I would like to know-
If they wanted to put OQH into maintenance at AUH, why not run it to LHR as QF1. Then run OQA from AUH to LHR to operate the return QF2? Then run OQH empty to AUH for maint?
Seems a massive waste of fuel to fly OQA empty to SYD and then run OQH empty back to AUH a couple of hours later.
OQA was obviously ready to go straight into service because it left for LAX the same day it arrived in SYD.
Just curious why it was done this way? Only thing I can think of is maybe slots at LHR?
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