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Qantas used an Airbus A380 to replace three flights from Melbourne to Sydney on Friday.
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A severe storm warning in Sydney has led to flight delays and cancellations.
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Qantas said demand for air travel was “incredibly high” during Taylor Swift's tour of Australia.
Australia's Qantas flew Airbus A380 From Melbourne to Sydney on Friday to help cope with the huge demand for air travel during A tour of the Taylor Swift eras.
The giant double-decker plane, typically used on long-haul international flights, traveled about 540 miles, a distance similar to Boston to Pittsburgh.
Its 485 passengers were originally booked on three separate flights operated by a narrow-body Boeing 737 aircraft.
But Qantas said in a press release that a severe storm predicted limited flights to Sydney Airport.
Qantas said that coupled with the “incredibly high demand” for flights to the city due to the Swift tour, it decided to operate a special flight to carry passengers.
The airline said the A380 passengers were initially booked on flights indicating they were not traveling to the ceremony because they were due later in the day.
But since so many people were flying to see Swift, it would be difficult to find seats for them on other flights.
More than 600,000 people watched Swift perform at four shows in Sydney and three more in Melbourne. Her last show is Monday night.
Qantas usually only flies the jumbo jet to destinations like Los Angeles, London and Singapore, but it also has one on standby.
After a late departure, Flight 7168 remained in the air for about an hour, according to data from Aviation Radar24. She flew 13 hours to Los Angeles the next day.
Swift tour It was huge for local economies. And in Cardiff, Wales — where she's not scheduled to perform until June — hotel room prices have already risen $230 more than usual, according to analytics firm Lighthouse.
And in Warsaw, Poland, demand for short-term rentals rose 2020% year-over-year, vacation rental data company AirDNA found.
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