QANTAS Fleet and Operations

[Brodie L]

Originally Posted by C Patters

That doesn't sound great Brodie! Possible lack of maintenance?? Any particular rego banks that are effected to your knowledge?

From what I've seen most of the VX and some early VZ.

[C Patters]

Thanks Brodie! Good thing I guess is that the VX series will be the first 737's to go once the XLR's begin to arrive from early 2025!

[Greg Hyde]

Qantas confirms certification of extra fuel tank for ‘Project Sunrise’ A350-1000

Certification has been achieved for the third centre fuel tank in the Airbus A350-1000s that will operate Qantas’s ultra-long-range ‘Project Sunrise’ flights.
Speaking during a roundtable discussion at the IATA AGM meeting in Dubai on 4 June,

Qantas International chief executive Cam Wallace confirmed the development, which relates to the part of the twinjet that is unique to the carrier’s requirements.


The aircraft will feature a premium-dense cabin
“The certification of the third centre fuel tank has happened, so that’s now been concluded,” he states.

Airbus said in February that a six-month delay in the delivery of the aircraft was related to a regulator request for a redesign of the extra tank.
Qantas expects deliveries of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97-powered aircraft to begin in the third quarter of 2026.

Wallace confirms that Sydney-London and Sydney-New York are under consideration as the launch services for what will be a premium-dense product offering.
He further notes that the carrier has plenty of experience in 15-hour-plus flights with its existing services from Perth.

“We want to be famous for being the ultra-long-haul non-stop leader and we’re very confident about the proposition,” he states.

https://www.flightglobal.com/airline...158617.article

[James Smith]

QANTAS A380 VH-OQB has just departed AUH for SYD after maintenance as QF6014 and is scheduled to arrive at approximately 7:18 tomorrow, Thursday morning.

Another A380 is scheduled to depart SYD for AUH tomorrow at 11:10 as QF6015, which will be either OQD or OQI, with OQB to operate QF1 or QF11 tomorrow as the replacement.

[Stirling D]

Originally Posted by James Smith

QANTAS A380 VH-OQB has just departed AUH for SYD after maintenance as QF6014 and is scheduled to arrive at approximately 7:18 tomorrow, Thursday morning.

Another A380 is scheduled to depart SYD for AUH tomorrow at 11:10 as QF6015, which will be either OQD or OQI, with OQB to operate QF1 or QF11 tomorrow as the replacement.

OQD

[James Smith]

Thanks for the confirmation, Stirling. My bet was OQD as she was in AUH in March, 2020 when COVID hit airlines. She ferried to LAX in July, 2020 for storage but didn't transfer to VCV. Maybe as she had just received her refurbishment and maintenance she was given extra protection by being placed in the QANTAS LAX hanger out of the desert sun. She ferried to SYD in January, 2022 and after six weeks in maintenance returned to service. The only maintenance she has received since is five weeks in SIN in mid 2023.

[Greg Hyde]

VH-YQX was deleted from the VH-Reg on 05/06/24

[MarkR]

ZNH is getting ready for Paris

https://x.com/Qantas/status/1801185239605113086

[C Patters]

Any word on why EBN isn’t flying? She only came back from maintenance a month or so ago

[Stirling D]

Originally Posted by C Patters

Any word on why EBN isn’t flying? She only came back from maintenance a month or so ago

EBN is still in MNL for what I can assume is maintenance.