QF Freight Movements

[Greg Hyde]

XF6 entered service last night with QFA7350, MEL to BNE

[Christopher Campbell]

Originally Posted by Greg Hyde

XF6 entered service last night with QFA7350, MEL to BNE

Could it have been a pre entry to service test flight since it circled and landed returned to MEL?

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Christopher Campbell

Could it have been a pre entry to service test flight since it circled and landed returned to MEL?

Yes, Chris, scheduled to BNE but diverted back to MEL.

May of gone tech

[Brenden S]

XF6 Named Orion

[Greg Hyde]

XF6 performed a test flight over Melbourne this morning

[Greg Hyde]

XF5 was named Pegasus

[James Smith]

Following its return to MEL last Monday and a test flight yesterday, XF6 operated QF7350/7305 MEL-BNE-MEL overnight. Does this make QF7350 MEL-BNE its official service entry flight departing MEL on 11/7/24 and arriving BNE on 12/7/24?

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by James Smith

Following its return to MEL last Monday and a test flight yesterday, XF6 operated QF7350/7305 MEL-BNE-MEL overnight. Does this make QF7350 MEL-BNE its official service entry flight departing MEL on 11/7/24 and arriving BNE on 12/7/24?

James, 11/07/24 QF7350, MEL to BNE should be the first.

As long as it a revenue service and not a positioning flight.

[Tristan S]

EFR currently positioning to ASP for temporary storage.
Being flown by an SXI crew as QF reportedly have no pilots with valid 767 licenses.

[Greg Hyde]

Originally Posted by Tristan S

EFR currently positioning to ASP for temporary storage.
Being flown by an SXI crew as QF reportedly have no pilots with valid 767 licenses.

No surprise, QF no longer has B767 in the fleet.

You may find that the pilots who were flying VH-EFR were contractors whose contract finished when the a/c finished.

The last time it was flown with a QF flight number 20/06/24 with a test flight over Sydney (May of been a formal hand-over to the lease-holder, before the EOFY)