Qantas Fleet

[Isochronous]

I think they were referring to was the cost of taking the aircraft out of commision recovering of seats plus the coat of paint and iPads, to be the current J domestic config of trying to pass off Starclass seating at J class prices (which is worse than the competition giving VA a big helping hand for a few years), and then taking the aircraft out of commision again to do the lie flat J class seats in the end of 2014 or in 2015, so QF will basically "catch up" to where its competitors are already (VA CX SQ EY etc) sometime in 2015....if QF still exists then. And even then - as others have pointed out - they are losing maybe 33% of their J class seats due to the larger seat size unless they start sacrficing space in the Y cabin or introduce a PE product accross the A330 fleet then they will have to increase J fares by 33% making them even less competative.

As the other poster said PPPPPP. So correct - they don't have the new seats certified - the question is why. The answer is probably similar to the QF aircraft that got refurbed and then sent to the desert.

How many refurbed 747s got sent to the desert given there are still unrefurbed 747s flying?

 

[Mattg]

How many refurbed 747s got sent to the desert given there are still unrefurbed 747s flying?

None. Perhaps the OP was referring to the 767s?

 

[markis10]

How many refurbed 747s got sent to the desert given there are still unrefurbed 747s flying?

A refurbished 767 was sent despite a non refurbished one being in the fleet that's older.

 

[eastwest101]

None. Perhaps the OP was referring to the 767s?

Yep sorry - I was referring to the B767 not a B747.

 

[Isochronous]

A refurbished 767 was sent despite a non refurbished one being in the fleet that's older.

Very weird indeed.

 

[williamsf1]

looks like the last of the 737-400 have finished flying

QANTAS Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS was withdrawn from service at Melbourne this evening after arriving as QF819 from Canberra. This was the final QANTAS Boeing 737-400 ..... Also appears TJX finished yesterday as well

 

[Mr_Orange]

looks like the last of the 737-400 have finished flying

QANTAS Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS was withdrawn from service at Melbourne this evening after arriving as QF819 from Canberra. This was the final QANTAS Boeing 737-400 ..... Also appears TJX finished yesterday as well

Oh dear, how sad, what a shame !!

 

[Flying Fox]

looks like the last of the 737-400 have finished flying

QANTAS Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS was withdrawn from service at Melbourne this evening after arriving as QF819 from Canberra. This was the final QANTAS Boeing 737-400 ..... Also appears TJX finished yesterday as well

Finally. Can't say that I'll miss those 737-400s.

 

[Red Roo]

looks like the last of the 737-400 have finished flying

QANTAS Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS was withdrawn from service at Melbourne this evening after arriving as QF819 from Canberra. This was the final QANTAS Boeing 737-400 ..... Also appears TJX finished yesterday as well

This is correct. Marking the end of an era, we said farewell to our last B737-400 aircrafts VH-TJX (Stawell) and VH-TJS (Jabiru), from MEL yesterday.

As #avgeeks will tell you, Jabiru was the last aircraft of the old Australian Airlines fleet still in Qantas' mainline service.

(Sorry...couldn't resist the hashtag in this context )

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

Hooray! The trip between SYD and ADL just made it into the 21st century!

 

[medhead]

Hooray! The trip between SYD and ADL just made it into the 21st century!

Not sure what you mean. I haven't had a 734 between ADL and SYD since October 2012. But I've only flown the route once or twice. /sarcasm

 

[basso]

Hooray! The trip between SYD and ADL just made it into the 21st century!

Next up, ADL itself will make it into the 21st century

 

[serfty]

looks like the last of the 737-400 have finished flying

QANTAS Boeing 737-476 VH-TJS was withdrawn from service at Melbourne this evening after arriving as QF819 from Canberra. This was the final QANTAS Boeing 737-400 ..... Also appears TJX finished yesterday as well

Yep! -As posted this morning: (http://www.australianfrequentflyer....-last-734-flight-send-55845-2.html#post995094)

Yesterday, VH-TJX took its last QF operational flight as QF815 from CBR to MEL arriving 7 minutes late at 4:17pm.

The final operational 734 flight was operated by VH-TJS as QF819 arriving from CBR into MEL 2 minutes early at 6:18pm.

"Stawell" was the name for TJX which first flew in February 1996

TJS was named "Jabiru" and first flew in March 1993 so was nearly 21 years old.

There's 39 years off the total fleet age.

And on the 5th they are both scheduled to fly from MEL "in convoy" to Victorville via Sydney, Apia and Honolulu.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

Next up, ADL itself will make it into the 21st century

Now now, we all know that's highly doubtful there are only a few places in the world you can see cows from the plane as you land...

 

[serfty]

...

As #avgeeks will tell you, Jabiru was the last aircraft of the old Australian Airlines fleet still in Qantas' mainline service.

(Sorry...couldn't resist the hashtag in this context )

Note that its time as a "TN aircraft" was relatively brief. It commenced operations under TN in April of 1993 and was repainted to QF in October of that year.

So 5 months as TN, 245 months QF.

 

[ComeFlyWithMe]

Now to get rid of those clapped out old 767s, as we all know, a seat cover and an iPad is like putting lipstick on a pig...

 

[Mr_Orange]

Now to get rid of those clapped out old 767s, as we all know, a seat cover and an iPad is like putting lipstick on a pig...

Ha, ha, ha how true!!

 

[cove]

Twenty years is good run. I never really enjoyed flying on any 737-400.

 

[medhead]

Now now, we all know that's highly doubtful there are only a few places in the world you can see cows from the plane as you land...

Besides the fact that you plainly cannot see cows when you land in Adelaide. Equating land use with technological advancement is a particularly 19th century view. Hopefully the comments will make it into the 20th century sometime soon, at least to catch up with Adelaide. (Sic)

 

[ajw373]

Now to get rid of those clapped out old 767s, as we all know, a seat cover and an iPad is like putting lipstick on a pig...

As we all know that was intention... and they will be gone soon enough. Though when gone people will start remembering the good old days.