by Rowan M » Mon Oct 31, 2016 8:49 am
Not sure about QF94 but it was most likely either for fuel, for a crew change (due to out of hours) or both.
You'd most likely find that EK413 was late arriving into SYD, therefore late out. They've done this a few times now, where they will land at SYD, unload/reload, splash-and-dash, then fly on to MEL for cleaning and refuelling for the DXB sector. It gives them a shorter ground time in SYD and is more likely to satisfy the curfew duty officer.