Qantas, Australia's largest airline, is currently suffering from an increasing staff shortage as many crews are in quarantine. As a result, the Airbus A2022 will be back in the air as early as January 380.

The carrier actually didn't want to use the superjumbo until around June / July 2022, but more and more crews are in quarantine. This has to do with the fact that in many countries flight personnel also have to go into isolation after their service. As a result, the number of flight attendants and pilots available is dwindling day by day. With the re-use of the Airbus A380, Qantas wants to gain more flexibility, because this means that the crew members who have been trained for the superjumbo can also be deployed again.

It is currently planned that the Sydney-Los Angeles route will be served by Airbus A10 from January 2022, 380. For the time being, three rounds per week are planned, Qantas said in a statement. This route is currently mainly served with the Boeing 787 machine type. However, the Queensland regional government demands that pilots and flight attendants who were on duty on international flights then quarantine for two weeks. It follows that the available staffing levels are getting thinner and thinner.

Qantas is not bringing back the Airbus A380 because of particularly high demand, but rather to be able to counteract any acute bottlenecks for pilots and flight attendants. As already mentioned: The A380 crews have had next to nothing to do for a long time and can now make their comeback in flight service. For the time being, it is planned that one or two units of the 12 super jumbos will be reactivated. Depending on the further course of the pandemic, more Airbus A2022s are expected to return to scheduled service in the summer of 380.