![]() The next morning, first stop was a quick checkout and shuttle ride to airport. Hotel was quite nice - although being an airport hotel, lots of noises overnight from people moving about. A quick shuttle out to the hotel to check-in, and provided with a USD 60 meal allowance (supposedly USD 30 per meal) - excluding alcohol and tips. Regardless, landing in Melbourne in the evening rather than the morning wasn't a huge deal.Īll of us delayed overnight were put up in the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles International Airport. Maybe next time as a gold member (gold being courtesy of this one trip!) I'll get accommodated on another flight. I assume as a lowly Bronze at the time of the 12 hour delay, that other more important customers were taken care of first (fair enough - I always get looked after as platinum with Virgin Australia). Battling for a refund and landing in Brisbane not as refreshed as a lie flat wasn’t that appealing. Stay overnight and fly out 9.30am the next morning on QF94 (they needed to wait for another A380 to land from Australia to fly this flight) and put us up in a hotel. ![]() From experience in the past, the refund would be average (they’d probably price it at premium economy flexible fare or similar, whilst I’d booked business saver - I’d probably owe them money). Fly premium economy to Brisbane and then call the Qantas team when home for a refund.On landing, the First Class host told me the options: The plan for the remaining four aircraft at this stage will see them return to service by early 2024 after being refitted with the new seats.Whilst travelling from JFK on QF 12 (trip notes coming at some stage), the cabin crew approached saying that the QF94 service was cancelled, but not to worry, we’ll be accommodated on other Qantas flights. A main deck refresh includes new carpet and curtains. The six aircraft being returned to service next year feature the airline’s new premium upper deck, which includes a club-style lounge and new seats across business and premium economy. ![]() “Over the next few months, pilots will undergo an extensive retraining period including simulator sessions, training flights and classroom courses to prepare for take-off.” “Many of our crew have found other jobs during the pandemic doing everything from working in vaccination hubs and hospital wards to driving buses and tractors, and painting houses,” said Qantas chief pilot Richard Tobiano. ![]() Hudson Fish will undergo additional maintenance checks in Australia before taking to the skies again in the coming weeks as part of crew training. The Flying Kangaroo plans to start service to Los Angeles in April and is accelerating the return of the A380s after bringing forward flights to London to next July and deciding to add a sixth aircraft before the end of next year. The aircraft has been in Germany undergoing scheduled maintenance involving new landing gear and will be one of two A380s returning to service in April next year following strong demand in Australia for travel on key routes to Los Angeles and London. READ: Airlines are nuts not to bring back A380s, says Emirates chief It was the first time the aircraft, called Hudson Fysh after one of the airline’s founders, had touched down in Australia since it left 593 days ago to go into long-term storage in the Californian desert. READ: Sensational new finding for MH370 flight path It also means the return of First Class for Qantas as the 485-seat plane is the airline’s only aircraft to still offer the premium option. The superjumbo’s return began the process of putting five Qantas superjumbos with upgraded cabins back into service next year, well ahead of the original schedule of late 2023. ![]() The Qantas A380 made a triumphant return today as VH-OJB spearheaded the return of Australian superjumbos with a landing in Sydney after a marathon flight of almost 19 hours from Dresden, Germany. We have spectacular vision of the first Qantas A380 returning to Australia after 600 days of being in the Californian desert. ![]()
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