Qantas used an Airbus A380 from Melbourne to Sydney due to severe storms forecast.
Airservices Australia has limited the number of arrivals and departures in Sydney for all airlines resulting in a number of cancellations and delays due to severe storms forecast.
Qantas used an Airbus A380 from Melbourne to Sydney to ensure customers get to Sydney as close to schedule as possible. The A380 carried 485 customers, the equivalent of almost three Boeing 737 flights which normally operate this route.
These customers were originally travelling on three separate flights from 4pm onwards. A fourth flight has also been cancelled with customers reaccommodated on other Qantas services today.
The A380 used today (registration VH-OQD) is an operational spare that is on standby to ensure there is resilience in the Qantas operation.
QF7168 departed Melbourne International Terminal 2 and arrived at Sydney International Terminal only one hour later.