UPDATE: Qantas axes more flights from new 'strike' timetable
By David Flynn, October 18 2011
UPDATE | Qantas has pulled an additional 20 flights per week from its just-revamped 'strike schedule', with coast-to-coast services to and from Perth being the most heavily hit.
The cuts come due to the grounding of two more aircraft on top of the five which were hangared this week.
A Qantas spokesman told Australian Business Traveller that the new timetable would remain in place "for at least a month", although the airline is unable to detail which additional flights will be affected, apart from observing that these will be "mainly between eastern states and Perth".
This brings the total tally of cancelled flights up to around 130 per week.
PREVIOUS | Qantas' new 'strike timetable' comes into effect today, Monday, October 17, with the airline cutting 110 flights per week due to ongoing industrial action.
Qantas says the timetable will remain in place "for the next month due to Qantas grounding five aircraft as a result of a backlog of maintenance caused by industrial action by the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association."
"The union has had overtime bans in place since the start of September as well as an official instruction for its members to go-slow on day to day work" the airline said. "These bans are still in place and the union has indicated they will remain in place until at least Christmas."
We've listed all cancelled flights for the new Qantas schedule below; you can also find city-specific lists for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide by clicking those links.
(And as always, you can also check Qantas' Flight Status page for up-to-the-minute information on specific flights.)
Monday
QF500 Sydney–Brisbane
QF572 Perth–Sydney
QF509 Brisbane–Sydney
QF402 Melbourne–Sydney
QF517 Brisbane–Sydney
QF741 Sydney–Adelaide
QF530 Sydney–Brisbane
QF441 Sydney–Melbourne
QF756 Adelaide–Sydney
QF541 Brisbane–Sydney
QF448 Melbourne–Sydney
QF628 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF451 Sydney–Melbourne
QF542 Sydney–Brisbane
QF459 Sydney–Melbourne
QF464 Melbourne–Sydney
Tuesday
QF501 Brisbane–Sydney
QF601 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF502 Sydney–Brisbane
QF403 Sydney–Melbourne
QF410 Melbourne–Sydney
QF407 Sydney–Melbourne
QF402 Melbourne–Sydney
QF413 Sydney–Melbourne
QF511 Brisbane–Sydney
QF418 Melbourne–Sydney
QF610 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF617 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF442 Melbourne–Sydney
QF624 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF631 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF451 Sydney–Melbourne
QF783 Sydney–Adelaide
QF542 Sydney–Brisbane
QF557 Brisbane–Sydney
QF490 Melbourne–Sydney
Wednesday
QF403 Sydney–Melbourne
QF732 Adelaide–Sydney
QF506 Sydney–Brisbane
QF413 Sydney–Melbourne
QF608 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF515 Brisbane–Sydney
QF418 Melbourne–Sydney
QF615 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF422 Melbourne–Sydney
QF441 Sydney–Melbourne
QF443 Sydney–Melbourne
QF468 Melbourne–Sydney
QF469 Sydney–Melbourne
QF448 Melbourne–Sydney
QF542 Sydney–Brisbane
QF496 Melbourne–Sydney
QF465 Sydney–Melbourne
QF548 Sydney–Brisbane
QF557 Brisbane–Sydney
Thursday
QF500 Sydney–Brisbane
QF406 Melbourne–Sydney
QF609 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF735 Sydney–Adelaide
QF509 Brisbane–Sydney
QF402 Melbourne–Sydney
QF413 Sydney–Melbourne
QF738 Adelaide–Sydney
QF422 Melbourne–Sydney
QF614 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF530 Sydney–Brisbane
QF532 Sydney–Brisbane
QF541 Brisbane–Sydney
QF469 Sydney–Melbourne
QF545 Brisbane–Sydney
QF631 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF542 Sydney–Brisbane
QF457 Sydney–Melbourne
QF555 Brisbane–Sydney
Friday
QF502 Sydney–Brisbane
QF410 Melbourne–Sydney
QF402 Melbourne–Sydney
QF413 Sydney–Melbourne
QF511 Brisbane–Sydney
QF508 Sydney–Brisbane
QF517 Brisbane–Sydney
QF422 Melbourne–Sydney
QF747 Sydney–Adelaide
QF751 Sydney–Adelaide
QF752 Adelaide–Sydney
QF473 Sydney–Melbourne
QF756 Adelaide–Sydney
QF538 Sydney–Brisbane
QF468 Melbourne–Sydney
QF450 Melbourne–Sydney
QF547 Brisbane–Sydney
QF540 Sydney–Brisbane
QF451 Sydney–Melbourne
QF553 Brisbane–Sydney
QF548 Sydney–Brisbane
Saturday
QF609 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF411 Sydney–Melbourne
QF510 Sydney–Brisbane
Sunday
QF509 Brisbane–Sydney
QF614 Melbourne–Brisbane
QF440 Melbourne–Sydney
QF625 Brisbane–Melbourne
QF532 Sydney–Brisbane
QF545 Brisbane–Sydney
QF451 Sydney–Melbourne
QF496 Melbourne–Sydney
QF457 Sydney–Melbourne
QF546 Sydney–Brisbane
QF557 Brisbane–Sydney
QF492 Melbourne–Sydney
David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.
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21 Apr 2011
Total posts 39
not to buy into either sides argument, but anyone else think possibly that QF could be in part using the situation to boost load factors by carrying the same amount of people on less flights?
personally as the current situation stands the only one winning is Virgin as more people (even the most loyal of QF flyers) will take the chance to get on the on time flight with their baggage and no nasty PA annoucements that virgin are now offering in contrast to the sh*t show currently at Qantas. I see only positives for Virgin because of the strike and honestly think this is the begging of the end for the Q.
15 Apr 2011
Total posts 580
No point in cutting capacity if they're still paying for it. The only reason they'd cut capacity to push up load factors is to save money (ie having to pay less staff because they need less manpower to maintain/staff 10 planes as opposed to 15 planes) and make more money but their costs are remaining the same - they have to keep paying all their workers the same amount regardless whether the plane is flying or stored awaiting maintenance.
This isn't the beginning of the end for QF. I can list a dozen airlines off the top of my head who have been in the exact same situation (most recent example that comes to mind is the BA strikes) and they're still alive and kicking (and going from strength to strength). Don't forget that not that long ago DJ was under attack after it's IT systems died and tens of thousands were left stranded. This will blow over and business will resume as per normal before much longer. I think if the situation was any different we'd be seeing QF keep all flights, but 'charter' JQ aircraft to cover them (the unions would love for this to happen from a publicity point of view though, so no way...)
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