5th and 6th A380s for Qantas Delayed

Oliver Gigacz · #1 23rd September 2009, 12:03 AM

The fith and six A380s for Qantas have been delayed from October to November. This makes Qantas have the longest stay for outfitting in Hamburg then any other airline.

http://a380production.com/2009/09/17-5/

Ash W · #2 23rd September 2009, 02:33 AM

Any idea of the reason for the delay?

Mike W · #3 23rd September 2009, 07:35 AM

$$$$$$$$?

Marty H · #4 23rd September 2009, 07:49 AM

Think Mike has hit it on the head

Oliver Gigacz · #5 23rd September 2009, 04:41 PM

At the moment the delay is for problems with the systems on board.

Ash W · #6 23rd September 2009, 06:18 PM

Thanks that makes more sense than the two cynical replies above. Both are notorius for canning the A380 and/or Qantas at every oportunity.

Andrew M · #7 23rd September 2009, 06:52 PM

Reduction in the amount of J and more Y+

Sarah C · #8 23rd September 2009, 06:58 PM

Nope - they are looking at that for later aircraft.

Greg McDonald · #9 23rd September 2009, 10:42 PM

Mike might be half right...I've read somewhere recently that Qantas has lost $90M in the last few months...

Ash W · #10 23rd September 2009, 11:07 PM

I think you will find Oliver is a bit closer to the source and knows what the issue is, as he reported.

Just because (may have) Qantas lost $90m doesn't mean they need to defer any more orders. They have already done that. I bet if anything they are a little ****ed about another delay as they had plans for these a/c.