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    QANTAS 737-300 retirement - FINALLY!

    Well folks...JNC operating as QF113 arrived about 15 minutes early on Wednesday night; pulled up at AKL's gate 2 with a couple of ground crew taking pictures with cameras. Air bridge took a VERY long time to be attached to the aircraft so I'm not sure what that was all about but apart from that...
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    QANTAS 737-300 retirement - FINALLY!

    A lot of people in New Zealand had a love-hate relationship with the QF 733. It broke down a lot, was unable to keep a proper schedule, OTP was shocking and of course they simply looked tatty. Plus there was the overwhelming feeling that the Aussies had sent these old planes to New Zealand to...
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    Qantas Fleet Disposals/Aircraft Retirement

    Just a note - ZK-JNC retires on Wednesday 21st October after performing QF113 SYD-AKL. It will be the final 733 to be retired and when JNC touches down at 7.55pm it will mark the end of Qantas 737-300 ops for good. For those who didn't know, JNC operated the last Qantas domestic NZ flight. Nice...
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    QANTAS 737-300 retirement - FINALLY!

    Thanks for your welcomes guys. Just a note on ZK-JNC...it flew the last Qantas domestic service in New Zealand, flew for Solomons Airlines for a while in the 90s and was also an ex-TAA machine. VH-TJB was its original registration. Built 1988. It was also, I believe, the only QF 733 to be...
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    QANTAS 737-300 retirement - FINALLY!

    Wednesday 21st October, QF113, SYD-AKL will be the last-ever commercial Qantas/Jetconnect Boeing 737-300 flight in history. Aircraft touches down in AKL at 7.55pm local time. Operated by ZK-JNC. The final time we see a Kangaroo on a 733...kinda sad. As much as these aircraft were despised by pax...
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