While I was waiting for my flight, Jetstar Airways Airbus A320 VH-VGV touched down at Mackay from Brisbane as JST882. After arriving, VH-VGV suffered a technical problem which initially saw the outbound JST883 flight to Brisbane delayed by some four hours, before it was eventually cancelled altogether.
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| File photo |
I assume passengers were able to board the much later JST889 service to Brisbane or even the JST895 service to the Gold Coast. VH-VGV eventually re-positioned back to Brisbane in the wee small hours of Monday 12 January as JST7981. It has since re-entered service.
Meanwhile, QantasLink passengers out of Mackay were also affected by a break-down of Cobham Aviation-operated Boeing B717-200 VH-NXL.
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| VH-NXL at Gladstone recently (File photo taken by Anthony Schulz ©) |
VH-NXL had arrived as QJE1766 and was due to return back to Brisbane but also suffered a technical problem with the outbound QJE1767 service eventually cancelled.
Of note, QantasLink summoned another B717-200 to carry passengers to Brisbane with VH-NXH initially completing the evening QJE1716 flight from Brisbane to Gladstone, before being positioned to Mackay to operate the delayed QJE1767 service to Brisbane. VH-NXL eventually re-positioned back to Brisbane empty as QJE6200. It too re-entered service on Monday 12 January.
Fortunately for me, I was unaffected by any maintenance issues with Tigerair Airbus A320 VH-VND faithfully carrying a pretty much full load - including me - down to Melbourne (Tullarmaine) Airport.
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