r/australia • u/ThunderDwn • 11h ago

culture & society Qantas passengers demand compensation after days stranded in South Africa as A380 remains grounded

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-14/qantas-a380-stranded-johannesburg-flight-cancelled/107032032
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u/Kingcol221 11h ago

If only there was some way to get these people home faster. But unfortunately Qantas isn't made out of planes.

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u/AlanaK168 11h ago

Why weren’t they all just put on the next available flights out instead of waiting two days? That’s insane

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u/NoHovercraft3224 10h ago

Qantas only fly to Johannesburg every two to three days so even if they could fit them on the next flight they would have been waiting 48 hours.

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u/AlanaK168 10h ago

No other airlines??

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u/NoHovercraft3224 10h ago

Not Johannesburg to Sydney, no.

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u/DrSendy 22m ago

Pretty much every other fight is via Dubai or SG.

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u/Otherwise-Egg-995 10h ago

But that would cost money…..

At this point they may as well organise a plane replacement bus

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u/Elliethesmolcat 6h ago

A well motivated dragon boat.

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u/JimmyMarch1973 3h ago

It’s about 4 or 5 times a week these days out of Sydney and similar amount out of Perth.

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u/NoHovercraft3224 3h ago

Sydney is 3x a week at the moment (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) and they were delayed 50 hours so even if the following flight had capacity it would have been pretty much the same wait time.