Qantas Uses A380 and Q400 on SYD-MEL
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QANTAS is using an Airbus A380 for the first time on a domestic commercial flight to help clear a backlog of passengers affected by Melbourne's weather.
The airline says it will take most of the day to clear the backlog, caused by wild weather last night which prompted three closures of Melbourne Airport and caused gridlock as aircraft were unable to find gates and passengers were stuck on planes .
Domestic passengers were today bussed to the A380 to take the 11.55am flight from Sydney, which will continue on from Melbourne as QF9 to Singapore and London after arriving in Melbourne about 1.30pm.
A Qantas spokeswoman said the weather prompted the cancellation of seven flights from the Victorian capital.
"It's impacted at least 1000 passengers in Melbourne and then its had a roll-on effect to the other ports," she said.
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"So it's going to take us the best part of the day to clear passengers out of Melbourne today and we've got delays of some half hour and some for an hour."
The airline also ran QantasLink turboprop flights between Melbourne and Sydney this morning and brought in an additional Boeing 737-800 jet to help clear the backlog.
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/busi...-1226151411130
This is the first time that any airline has used the A380 for domestic operations.
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Flown:
AIB: 320 (200), 321 (200), 330 (200,300), 340 (200), 380 (800)
ATR: 72 (500)
BOE: 717 (200), 737 (300,400,700,800), 747 (400), 767 (300), 777 (300), 787 (8,9)
DHC: DH3, DH4
EMB: E70, E90
FKR: F100
SWR: SW4
Last edited by Oliver Gigacz; 29th September 2011 at 12:57 PM.
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