Strikes: new Qantas timetable axes 59 Melbourne flights per week

Qantas will axe 59 Melbourne flights per week, starting this Monday October 17, due to ongoing industrial action.

The flight cancellations are part of Qantas' new temporary timetable, which the airline says will remain in place "for the next month due to Qantas grounding five aircraft as a result of a backlog of maintenance caused by industrial action by the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association."

"The union has had overtime bans in place since the start of September as well as an official instruction for its members to go-slow on day to day work" the airline said. "These bans are still in place and the union has indicated they will remain in place until at least Christmas."

Here is the complete list of cancelled Melbourne flights for the new Qantas timetable.

As always, you can also check Qantas' Flight Status page for up-to-the-minute information on specific flights.

Monday

QF402  Melbourne–Sydney
QF441  Sydney–Melbourne
QF448  Melbourne–Sydney
QF628  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF451  Sydney–Melbourne
QF459  Sydney–Melbourne
QF464  Melbourne–Sydney

Tuesday

QF601  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF403  Sydney–Melbourne
QF410  Melbourne–Sydney
QF407  Sydney–Melbourne
QF402  Melbourne–Sydney
QF413  Sydney–Melbourne
QF418  Melbourne–Sydney
QF610  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF617  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF442  Melbourne–Sydney
QF624  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF631  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF451  Sydney–Melbourne
QF490  Melbourne–Sydney

Wednesday

QF413  Sydney–Melbourne
QF608  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF418  Melbourne–Sydney
QF615  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF422  Melbourne–Sydney
QF441  Sydney–Melbourne
QF443  Sydney–Melbourne
QF468  Melbourne–Sydney
QF469  Sydney–Melbourne
QF448  Melbourne–Sydney
QF496  Melbourne–Sydney
QF465  Sydney–Melbourne

Thursday

QF406  Melbourne–Sydney
QF609  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF402  Melbourne–Sydney
QF413  Sydney–Melbourne
QF422  Melbourne–Sydney
QF614  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF469  Sydney–Melbourne
QF631  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF457  Sydney–Melbourne

Friday

QF410  Melbourne–Sydney
QF402  Melbourne–Sydney
QF413  Sydney–Melbourne
QF422  Melbourne–Sydney
QF473  Sydney–Melbourne
QF468  Melbourne–Sydney
QF450  Melbourne–Sydney
QF451  Sydney–Melbourne

Saturday

QF609  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF411  Sydney–Melbourne

Sunday

QF614  Melbourne–Brisbane
QF440  Melbourne–Sydney
QF625  Brisbane–Melbourne
QF451  Sydney–Melbourne
QF496  Melbourne–Sydney
QF457  Sydney–Melbourne
QF492  Melbourne–Sydney

David Flynn

David Flynn is the Editor-in-Chief of Executive Traveller and a bit of a travel tragic with a weakness for good coffee, shopping and lychee martinis.