How a specialist Qantas team helped prevent a Taylor Swift disaster

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The airline was able to make sure fans were able to get to her Sydney show after its specialist meteorologist team flagged that a storm was brewing.

has revealed how its specialist team works behind the scenes to manage extreme weather events - even for Taylor Swift shows.

Daniel Dihen, the head of the airline's Integrated Operations Centre, said the "very important" role they play helps inform decisions across the business, including operations, building staff rosters, flight plans and aircraft loading plans.The airline's meteorologist team - QMet for short - operates out of its headquarters in Mascot. "Mistakes can be expensive but safety is the primary consideration for what we do at QMet," meteorologist Jacobus Cronje told 9News.

Dihen said the crew got busy working on a solution to minimise the impact on fans flying in from interstate.

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