QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Brett o]

Thank you James

[MarkR]

Originally Posted by James Smith

With OQB arriving back from AUH last week QANTAS has been using this and other A380s on tech crew training flights of less than an hour from SYD. This will no doubt boost the available pilots to operate the additional A380 flights with daily QF1/2 and six days per week QF11/12 now scheduled.

Those short flights are more likely cabin crew training, not pilots

[James Smith]

The QANTAS Media Release for the A321P2F order contained the following sentence:

Two A330s are currently undergoing conversion. One will be used on the domestic network, and the other will join QANTAS’ international freight network.

VH-EBE & EBF are still continuing to fly domestic routes for QANTAS. One is due to fly to Dresden this month, according to an earlier media release and the other to Mobile in November.

Is there any update on the return to service of A332s VH-EBB & EBD? I presumed that their return to service would coincide with the withdrawal date of the aircraft to be converted, to maintain the existing level of A330 passenger operations. Can any of our Brisbane spotters tell us if either of these aircraft are currently in the QANTAS hanger being serviced?

[Michael Mak]

VH-EBV A332 ferried SYD-HKG as QF6011 yesterday (16 August), is it for maintenance? Is EBV replacing another A332 which has been in maintenance in HKG?

[C Patters]

I think Michael EBV is replacing EBO which has been in HKG for maintenance

[Dennis McLean]

I went past the hanger about 3 weeks ago. EBD was still outside and I saw a 330 tail inside but did not get the rego but presume is was EBB

[Michael Mak]

Originally Posted by C Patters

I think Michael EBV is replacing EBO which has been in HKG for maintenance

Thanks - I was trying to work out if there was already another A332 in HKG but FR24 record only goes back to a month.

[Brett o]

I think VH EBO has left Hong Kong and may be landing in Manila at the moment

[Kent Broadhead]

Has the new A350 training centre at St Peters been mentioned here previously?

"Qantas is opening a multimillion-dollar purpose-built pilot training centre in Sydney’s south, as it gears up to run a range of new routes and aircraft to meet the renewed appetite for global travel."

Read more: https://amp.smh.com.au/business/comp...17-p5baiv.html

[Michael Mak]

VH-EBO performed a 3 hour 30 minutes MNL-MNL test flight on Thursday August 18.