Qantas fleet : Then and Now

[albatross710]

[Updated figures as at 18/3/2018]

Came across this interesting article. I'm interested in the fleet size, then and now

The transition of widebody to Supers within the Qantas brand is apparent as is the dramatic increase of the narrow aircraft.

Might be of interest to someone.

(I was refreshing myself on the dates of the Australia Airlines & Qantas merger.)

Alby
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[HPSOV]

But those numbers aren’t right are they...?

 

[samh004]

But those numbers aren’t right are they...?

Indeed, I thought there were at least 18 A330's, plus then you have ~8 787's in QF and I'm not sure how many in JQ. I'm also not sure how many 747's are left but I thought it was more like ~7 and not 4. Regardless, they're on the way out. Narrow is probably close, but don't forget the QFLink fleet.

Edit: I tried to count but got lost in the numbers, what I am sure of though is that across the 3 fleets of Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar there are 12 Super, 8 Jumbo (shrinking), 47 Widebody (growing) & 200+ Narrowbody.

 

[mannej]

The fleet numbers aren’t correct - aren’t there ~28 A330’s to start with, plus a lot more narrow bodies, not to mention the 787’s and more than 4 747’s.

Not sure where they got their numbers from...

 

[Himeno]

Their number are somewhat off.

As of March 6, QF had:
12 A380
8 747-400 (6 ER)
28 A330 (18 -200, 10 -300)
8 787
75 737

Qantas Link
3 A320
20 717
45 dash 8
17 F100

Jetstar
11 787
117 A320 (60 JQ, 18 3K, 15 BL, 24 GK)

 

[albatross710]

Thanks for the feedback on the numbers.

I originally just put my trust in google.

 

[moa999]

Which does show Qantas has grown, just not as fast as the market given its international share has dropped

 

[Spongbob]

I think it was only 1992 that Qantas began domestic air travel, due to the merger with TAA (branded as Australian Airlines). So comparing the 1992 data with the shown 2019 is not straightforward.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

There were more 767s flying around Aust in the QF fleet, domestically, too, in 1992.
They were at that time in deep competition with AN, and there were no real third or fourth airline.
Nowadays, there are no 767s in the QF fleet, and a lot of the 330s are now on the Aust - NZ flight runs.
Its hard to do a real fair comparison.
You need to break down and see how many 767s vs 330 on the domestic flight runs, in 1992 and 2019.
Even if Flightaware shows a 330 transAust flight, for say tomorrow, that could easily be swapped by them for a 737, where as in 1992, (started flying with AN a lot in 1993, QF in 1997), when you booked on a 767 with either, flying domestically, a lot of the time, it would be a 767 that you end up flying with.
Nowadays, its a raffle, you might end up on a 717, which didn't fly so much in the 1992 QF days (if I remember correctly).

 

[woodborer]

Thanks for the feedback on the numbers.

I originally just put my trust in google.View attachment 157459

The secret sauce is probably in what the '5 more rows' contains

 

[Himeno]

The secret sauce is probably in what the '5 more rows' contains

Which is hidden behind a membership only sign in on an old CAPA article.