Australian Aviation’s Victor Pody was at Melbourne Airport to shoot the two A321 NEOs, VH-OFP and VH-OFQ, which landed within minutes of each other.
The aircraft departed the NSW capital at 11:38am and is estimated to arrive at 7:43pm before it heads onwards to London. Qantas has reassured the more than 300 passengers that they will arrive on the morning of 25 December.
The Flying Kangaroo’s A380, VH-OQH, was en route from Sydney to London via Singapore on Friday when a sensor light alerted pilots to the possibility of smoke in the cargo hold.
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The Flying Kangaroo's ASX performance has been volatile, with prices in July dipping as low as $4.24 as the airline battled bad publicity caused by its worst-ever performance.
Geoff Culbert said that while international travel is “ticking up”, numbers are still “lagging behind pre-COVID levels” due to a lack of capacity.